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anachronise

From Wiktionary

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Word parts[change]

anachronism + -ise

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Plain form
anachronise

Third-person singular
anachronises

Past tense
anachronised

Past participle
anachronised

Present participle
anachronising

  1. When you anachronise an event, you prematurely or incorrectly juxtapose it with notions or norms from a different time period.
    He anachronised contemporary politics with those of the bronze age.

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