English Explanatory Dictionary

anachorism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country.

Word forms

anachorism anachorisms

Etymology

Modelled on anachronism, with Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “country”).

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