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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 anach·ro·nism /əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm/
 時代錯誤,不合潮流的人(物)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 An·ach·ro·nism n.  A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 anachronism
      n 1: something located at a time when it could not have existed
           or occurred [syn: mistiming, misdating]
      2: an artifact that belongs to another time
      3: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to
         another age