anachronism

IPA: ʌnˈækrʌnɪzʌm

A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.

Examples of "anachronism" in Sentences

You might think that the anachronism is a mistake.
The biggest anachronism is misunderstanding of the phrase “right-wing.”
Whether or not these people found solace in his pledge to protect them from anachronism is unknown to me.
The usual AnSaxNet response to anachronism is to scoff at it, not to compete as to who is the most offended.
James J. Ward is now wholly James J. Ward, and he shares no part of his being with any vagabond anachronism from the younger world.
Small for his size and standing on his toes to reach the microphone he confidently spelled "anachronism" -- much more difficult than gypsy.
Don, Tagore’s being a “priest and preacher” may have been influenced by his larger than life presence in Bengal, or was an anachronism from the earlier repository of mystic poetry.
True, Sarah and Don were born in 1960, so the pop culture references of today are part of their lives; and Don's own observation of himself being an anachronism is an interesting parallel ... but do we really need two references to Pamela Anderson?