anachronism, n.All

An Anachronism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a regime that only imagines it believes in itself and demands the world imagine the same — the comedian of an order whose true heroes are dead.

An Anachronism (n.) like ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the French dressing Greeks and Peruvians as courtiers of Louis XIV is a fault only because the courtly motives were shallow; all material gets its artistic truth from living contemporary interest.