to anachronize
verbformal/ɐnɐkɾunizɐɾ/low
a·na·cro·ni·zar
Definition
To attribute to a person, thing, or fact an era to which it does not belong; to consider or represent something as outside its historical time.
It is a common mistake to anachronize the moral values of the Middle Ages, judging them with a modern mindset.
The author chose to anachronize the character, dressing them in 18th-century attire in a futuristic narrative.
Common collocations
to anachronize a conceptdeliberately anachronize
Etymology
Do grego 'anachronismós', através do francês 'anachroniser'.