| Main Entry: | misplacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss |
Synonyms: |
accident, bad luck, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cost, damage, death, debit, debt, defeat, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, disaster, dispossession, failure, fall, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, losing, misadventure, mishap, mislaying, misplacing, need, perdition, privation, retardation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, squandering, trial, trouble, undoing, want, waste, wreckage |
| Main Entry: | anachronism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error in time placement |
Synonyms: |
chronological error, metachronism, misdate, misplacement, postdate, prolepsis, solecism |
| Main Entry: | dislocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displacement |
Synonyms: |
break, confusion, disarray, disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation, misplacement, unhinging |
Antonyms: |
order, ordering |
| Main Entry: | rearrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displacement |
Synonyms: |
break*, confusion, disarray, disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, dislocation, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation, misplacement, move, movement, shift, unhinging |
| Main Entry: | anachronism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
out of date, overdue, parachronic, undated, vieux jeu
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| Concept: | [False estimate of time] Anachronism. |
| Category: | 1. ABSOLUTE TIME |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism; prolepsis, misdate; anticipation, antichronism., disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time., intempestivity.
-verbs
misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize.
-adjectives
misdated; undated; overdue, past due; out of date.
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