How do you pronounce anachronize?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈnækɹənaɪz/.

anachronize

/əˈnækɹənaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anachro-nize
IPA: /əˈnækɹənaɪz/

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Meaning

verb

To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.

Example Sentences

"The only fair comparison would be between him and that one of his contemporaries who endeavored to anachronize himself, so to speak, and to subject his art, so far as might be, to the laws of classical composition."

Etymology

From anachronism + -ize. From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: anachronismus, ἀναχρονισμός
Suffix: anachronism

Inflected Forms

anachronizes (present, singular) anachronizing (participle, present) anachronized (participle, past) anachronized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

anachronism anachronistic