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to anachronize

verbformaluncommon/ɐnɐkɾunizɐɾ/a·na·cro·ni·zar

Definition

1

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.

Usage examples

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 combinations

to anachronize a conceptdeliberately anachronize