| 单词 |
parachronism |
| 释义 |
parachronism|pəˈrækrənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. παρα- para-1 + χρόν-ος time + -ism: cf. ἀναχρονισµός anachronism. Cf. F. parachronisme.]
An error in chronology; usually taken as one in which an event, etc., is referred to a later date than the true one. (Cf. anachronism.)
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. iii. (1642) 186, I much marvaile, that..our Moderne Criticks..did not consider so great an Errour, and Parachronisme in Iustins Text. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xvi. 198 The Bride of the Lamb, he interprets of Constantine's Family and Retinue; wherein he commits a gross Parachronism. 1788R. Porson in Mus. Crit. I. 235 Parachronisms appear in the marble, respecting the age of Phidon the Argive, the assassination of Hipparchus, and the expulsion of Hippias. 1873J. H. Smith Notes & Margin. Tennyson 114 It cannot be regarded as parachronism if the poets..refrain from cutting out the very life and essence of the original tales.
So parachroˈnistic a., marked by parachronism; paˈrachronize v.
1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. xii. 97 Though he have there over-much Parachronistick stuff. 1670Blount Glossogr. (ed. 3), Parachronize, to mistime any thing. |
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