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View synonyms for anachronistic

anachronistic

[ uh-nak-ruh-nis-tik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or containing an anachronism.


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Other Words From

  • a·nachro·nisti·cal·ly adverb
  • nona·nachro·nistic adjective
  • nona·nachro·nisti·cal·ly adverb
  • pseudo·a·nachro·nistic adjective
  • pseudo·a·nachro·nisti·cal adjective
  • una·nachro·nistic adjective
  • una·nachro·nisti·cal adjective
  • una·nachro·nisti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anachronistic1

First recorded in 1765–75; anachron(ism) + -istic
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Example Sentences

For that he incurred the criticism of historians and others who claimed he did not understand the purpose of history, which is to understand the human endeavors of an era on its own terms, not with anachronistic hindsight.

Transmissions with only four speeds, wheels with five lug nuts, and a solid rear axle all seem highly anachronistic to fans of most other types of motorsport.

Amateur-radio enthusiasts are used to being maligned as defenders of some anachronistic pastime, a retro social network for retired vets and lo-fi tech buffs.

When schools closed in March, teachers immediately stepped in to fill the gaps left when our paper-based instructional materials became anachronistic overnight.

The boys’ music lessons, to Peter, seemed woefully, almost willfully anachronistic, a literal fiddling while Rome or Los Angeles burned.

With his anachronistic attitude toward the biblical story, Bale is just following the lead of his director.

The name change, it said, smacked of “anachronistic imperialist ambitions.”

The term I did use—“molly”—was even slightly anachronistic, and more common in England than it was in America.

You seem keenly aware of the anachronistic nature of gender identity.

In the midst of this maelstrom came a strange and determinedly anachronistic new novel by William Goldman.

She has neglected no source which would throw light upon this very anachronistic epoch.

Anachronistic, non-standard, and inconsistent spellings retained as printed.

I don't mind Slith so much, he's only a little anachronistic reptile, a descendent of happier days in dinosaurial dawndom.

A lead-gray British cruiser swings below them, an anachronistic Chinese gunboat lower still.

It is anachronistic and does not agree with the views now generally accepted by historical students.

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