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Meaning of "anachorism" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANACHORISM

From ana- + khōros place.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANACHORISM

anachorism  [əˈnækəˌrɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANACHORISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anachorism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANACHORISM


adventurism
ədˈvɛntʃəˌrɪzəm
aneurysm
ˈænjəˌrɪzəm
aphorism
ˈæfəˌrɪzəm
asterism
ˈæstəˌrɪzəm
barbarism
ˈbɑːbəˌrɪzəm
consumerism
kənˈsjuːməˌrɪzəm
counterterrorism
ˌkaʊntəˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
esoterism
ɛˈsɒtəˌrɪzəm
futurism
ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm
hypopituitarism
ˌhaɪpəpɪˈtjuːɪtəˌrɪzəm
isomerism
aɪˈsɒməˌrɪzəm
mannerism
ˈmænəˌrɪzəm
mesmerism
ˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm
militarism
ˈmɪlɪtəˌrɪzəm
naturism
ˈneɪtʃəˌrɪzəm
plagiarism
ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm
secularism
ˈsɛkjʊləˌrɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
Thatcherism
ˈθætʃəˌrɪzəm
voluntarism
ˈvɒləntəˌrɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANACHORISM

anacardiaceous
anacardium
anacatharsis
anacathartic
anacharis
anachronic
anachronical
anachronically
anachronism
anachronistic
anachronistically
anachronous
anachronously
anaclastic
anaclinal
anaclisis
anaclitic
anacolutha
anacoluthia
anacoluthic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANACHORISM

adiaphorism
agroterrorism
algorism
antiterrorism
apriorism
bio-terrorism
chorism
colorism
cyberterrorism
deteriorism
diorism
ecoterrorism
hectorism
meliorism
meteorism
pelorism
phosphorism
probabiliorism
rigorism
tourism
tutorism

Synonyms and antonyms of anachorism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anachorism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANACHORISM

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380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers

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278 millions of speakers

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anachorism
270 millions of speakers

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260 millions of speakers

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Anachorism
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180 millions of speakers

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anachorism
85 millions of speakers

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Anachorism
85 millions of speakers
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anachorism
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anachorism
75 millions of speakers

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अलंकार
75 millions of speakers

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anachorism
70 millions of speakers

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65 millions of speakers

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anachorism
50 millions of speakers

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anachorism
40 millions of speakers

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anachorism
30 millions of speakers
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anachorism
15 millions of speakers
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anachorism
14 millions of speakers
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anachorism
10 millions of speakers
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anachorism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anachorism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANACHORISM»

The term «anachorism» is normally little used and occupies the 141.548 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANACHORISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anachorism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANACHORISM»

Discover the use of anachorism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anachorism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Place: A Short Introduction
Anachorism. —. being. out. of. place. What role does place play in the constitution of 'normality'? How are particular activities, people and objects associated with particular places? Who decides that activities, people and objects are out of ...
Tim Cresswell, 2013
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Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
Two classic examples are the references to the clock in Julius Caesar and to billiards in Antony and Cleopatra. Shaw also does it in Androcles and the Lion when the Emperor is referred to as 'The Defender of the Faith'. See ANACHORISM.
J. A. Cuddon, 2012
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Collected Fictions
Or maybe you just knocked wood that you didn't come down with Siamese twins. I can understand this. Some people just don't want to be worse off. I didn't, either, until I decided I was. Not anachronism. Anachorism. All your life, anachorism, ...
Gordon Lish, 2010
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On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World
While anachronism is a logical category (a thing out of time), anachorism is a social and cultural category—a thing out of place or without place entirely.105 Insofar as place is a morally resonant thing-in-the-world, mobility as anachorism is a ...
Timothy Cresswell, 2012
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Dictionary of Literature in English
See palilogy, repetition. anabasis is the building toward the climax of the action. anachorism: any aspect of an action, character, or scene that is out of sequence, usually as a deliberate part of the structure. See analepsis, flashbach, in media ...
Neil King, Sarah King, 2002
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Henry VI: Critical Essays
(The cliché “I have eyes in the back of head,” which we grumble at unruly children, employs anachorism; yet Spenser's geographical juxtaposition of a low- altitude willow with a high-altitude pine in an epic tree catalog is equally anachoristic.) ...
Thomas A. Pendleton, 2001
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Photography Theory in Historical Perspective
Another interesting aspect of place in Wodiczko's work is what Tim Cresswell has called “anachorism.” Just as we have a term for thinking about things in the wrong time – anachronism – Cresswell invented a term for things in the wrong place ...
Hilde Van Gelder, Helen Westgeest, 2011
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting - Eastern Snow Conference
1972, January 25th, Oswego: social location in'blizzardburst' conditions starting - ANACHORISM. 1972, January: Snowburst period before ESC meeting in Oswego. 1972, January: Drift and sticking accumulations - continued ANACHORISM.
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Fraser's Magazine
I do not know that the anachorism has ever been discerned. The fifth book of this novel ends in the month of June, and the sixth, as the heading tells us, contains about three weeks, toward the close of which Jones is discarded by Alworthy ; the  ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1858
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On Anachronism
" The book examines how contemporary theory considers the future and its relation to the past as that which is inescapable in the form of trauma.
Jeremy Tambling, 2010

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« EDUCALINGO. Anachorism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anachorism>. Apr 2024 ».
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