anachronistic

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Later a representative from the Vatican Secretariat of State said the church was not becoming more restrictive or anachronistic, although it might look that way against the backdrop of changing values and lifestyles.

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  • I bow to her -- it is anachronistic, a gesture I acquired in my previous incarnation -- and leave her. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 06 - June 1994
  • The broad highway into West Virginia strikes me as anachronistic -- a contemporary blight on these ancient hills. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 01 - July 2000
  • While the oratorical style and rhetorically inflated verbosity of many of these sermons may seem quaintly anachronistic, there are equally as many whose core messages, about the inherent evils of bloodshed, the obligation to maintain respect for the humanity even of mortal enemies, the moral pitfalls of inflamed nationalism and the chauvinistic jingoism it engenders, will resonate powerfully with contemporary readers in our own time of war.
  • One of the most onerous and anachronistic, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, requires the Office of Management and Budget to approve any government survey of 10 or more people, meaning a simple online customer satisfaction poll must submit to a months-long review process. —  Tech Daily Dose
  • ² Imagawa apparently likes his battles anachronistic, and I think I like it. —  Anime Nano!
 

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/ænækrəˈnɪstɪk, tɪkəl/
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