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#890493 added August 21, 2016 at 2:41pm
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Word choice: Anachronism


Anachronism:


NOUN

1. something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:
The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.

2. an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:
To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.

Misplaced
Chronological error
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