Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
anachronous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Erroneous indate ; containing ananachronism ; in a wrongtime . - adjective of a person having an opinion of the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; over-conservative.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective chronologically misplaced
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Examples
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One that already sounds anachronistic is Cleggmania, alongside its cousin its cousin, Cleggstasy, both of which only seem to be referred to in the past tense in common parlance these days.
Simples! Aleksandr the Meerkat gives the dictionary his word Helen Pidd 2010
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Year upon year critics predict couture's demise, calling anachronistic an art form that generates little or no money in a profit-driven industry.
The Seattle Times 2012
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It's also a way of feeling less anachronistic, which is why a lot of fiction writers are into Twitter.
Gothamist 2009
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It's kind of anachronistic to spend so much time on something that's just going to be thrown out there with everything else that's out there, but it means you can't really be results-orientated.
Guster Breaks Down the Creative Process Lizzie Simon 2011
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Instead of "anachronistic" groupings like the G-77 plus China, the world should look toward new blocs which recognize the future peril of climate change.
Nikolas Kozloff: Cancún Climate Summit: Time for a New Geopolitical Architecture Nikolas Kozloff 2010
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And that's the kind of anachronistic rule that ought to be ...
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Which brings me to my final critique: you misspelled "anachronistic" in your last paragraph.
The Ugly Truth About Tokio Hotel: Vanity Fair Fair, Vanity 2008
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OTOH it does not mean that old arguments against the Trinity or other affirmations made by our forebears should be dismissed now for being "anachronistic" or "obsolete".
Philocrites: Isaac Newton's anti-Trinitarianism in the news. 2007
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At the same time, he vowed that his government would continue to push for the lifting of what he called the "anachronistic" and "discriminatory" arms embargo against China.
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Fortunately, this course of events was averted by a yet another "anachronistic" operation - the Navy-Marine Corps amphibious assault at Inchon.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
vanishedone commented on the word anachronistic
This WeirdNet definition makes me think of time travel: "We're not lost in the past... we're merely chronologically misplaced."
May 13, 2009
bilby commented on the word anachronistic
Good point.
May 13, 2009
seanahan commented on the word anachronistic
It seems like a fairly poetic way to describe a generally ugly word.
May 15, 2009
Adelberg commented on the word anachronistic
In the famous English case "R v R 1991" the defendant was prosecuted for raping his estranged wife. Before this case husbands had immunity from the law on the basis that on marriage husband and wife became ‘one flesh’ and that by marriage a woman implied her consent to sexual intercourse throughout the time of marriage. The courts removed that immunity in 1991, calling it anachronistic, which is how I came to know this awesome word.
January 6, 2012