#53 anachronism

#53 anachronism- the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed; a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time

-C17 from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos- a mistake in chronology

- anachronistic (adjective)

- I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

- An example of an anachronism in painting is the depiction of Orpheus, a character from classical Greek mythology, holding a 16th century violin.