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What is the term for an object that an author places in a novel that could not have been around during that time period? Example Shakespeare uses clocks in Julius Ceaser, however clocks were not invented during that time period.

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anachronism

The opposite is a parachronism when someone uses something that it out of date in a modern setting.

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Emily
the first person is correct, anachronism.
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