anachronize.
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.
Meaning & usage
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.
Where this word comes from
From anachronism + -ize. From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
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