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What is the literary term for something used out of its time?
For example a story about the 1950’s but they are using cell phones.
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An anachronism is an event out of time.
Anachronistic is the adjective.
A cell phone in the fifties is an anachronism.
Having cell phones in the fifties is anachronistic.
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A few days ago
The word is “anachronistic.” It’s used in words like “chronicles” and “chronograph.” The “-chron” root is Greek for “time.” The prefix “-a” means “not,” for example “amoral,” not moral.
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A few days ago
Never heard of this concept being employed either in book or on stage
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A few days ago
anachronism :]
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