Anachronistic

Quick meaning: Anachronistic is an adjective meaning Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.

Meaning

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.

Example Sentences

If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers.

In their daily practices, journalists often perpetuated ageing and increasingly anachronistic ideologies, but they were rarely, in fact, dominated by them.

Among them, even the most lucid of 'one-nation' Tories had severe difficulties in seeing the anti-growth nature of some of the most anachronistic of traditional British institutions.

The impiety of the Ciceronian attitude was probably his major objection to the sect, yet the dialogue is mainly concerned with the more anachronistic and illogical aspects of attempting to write only as Cicero did.

Synonyms for anachronistic

Depending on context, synonyms include anachronous, anachronistical, outdated, antiquated, obsolete, antichronical.

Antonyms for anachronistic

Common opposites include historical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include asynchronous, outmoded, outdated, antiquated, obsolescence, obsolete.

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