Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; out of date. Equivalent, forms are anachronic, anachronical, anachronistic, and anachronistical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
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- adjective
anachronistic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective chronologically misplaced
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Examples
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That skyscraper which seems to be (an anachronous) LexCorp Tower ...
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The concept of blocking the broadcast of a game to encourage live attendance is not a completely foreign or anachronous concept, particularly to NFL fans in Jacksonville this year.
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McCain's New TV Ad: Invoking Two Giants of the Imperial Age yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'McCain\'s New TV Ad: Invoking Two Giants of the Imperial Age'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: A new TV ad released by John McCain invokes two heroes from Anglo-American imperial lore, Teddy Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, and provides us with a glimpse into a pompous head filled with fantasy and anachronous imperial delusions.'
McCain's New TV Ad: Invoking Two Giants of the Imperial Age 2008
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You can locate earlier archetypal accessories and added anachronous items.
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McCain's New TV Ad: Invoking Two Giants of the Imperial Age yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'McCain\'s New TV Ad: Invoking Two Giants of the Imperial Age'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: A new TV ad released by John McCain invokes two heroes from Anglo-American imperial lore, Teddy Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, and provides us with a glimpse into a pompous head filled with anachronous imperial delusions.'
McCain's New TV Ad: Invoking Two Giants of the Imperial Age 2008
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For government produced information that is law-related and needed by citizens to enforce or discover their legal rights, the added control provided by Crown copyright and prerogative is anachronous and can potentially lead to censorship.
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For government produced information that is law-related and needed by citizens to enforce or discover their legal rights, the added control provided by Crown copyright and prerogative is anachronous and can potentially lead to censorship.
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For government produced information that is law-related and needed by citizens to enforce or discover their legal rights, the added control provided by Crown copyright and prerogative is anachronous and can potentially lead to censorship.
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Sometimes Muscarella provides detailed explanations for his conclusions, based on variations in style, aberrations in iconography, or anachronous manufacturing techniques, but often a piece is simply dismissed as a fake with comments such as "disturb us," "seem queer," "a horror," or "as stupid as they come."
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No one defends feudalism; it is anachronous and absurd.
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