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ANACHRONISM [2 records]

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Record 1 1995-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
OBS

Anachronism: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially: one that belongs to a former age and is incongruous if found in the present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Juxtaposition ou mélange de concepts ou d'objets n'appartenant pas à la même époque et dont la coexistence crée un effet choquant ou risible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
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Record 2 1983-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a crediting of an event to a time earlier or later than the real period

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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