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a·nach·ro·nis·tic

   [uh-nak-ruh-nis-tik]
adjective
pertaining to or containing an anachronism.
Also, a·nach·ro·nis·ti·cal.

Origin:
1765–75; anachron(ism) + -istic

Related forms
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
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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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Anachronistic has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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Example Sentences
  • Carrie's schoolboy naivete sounded anachronistic even in 1967.
  • Sadly, the anachronistic conventions of bookselling and copyright law lag the technology.
  • It's joyfully anachronistic, as if we drove straight here from the 1960s.
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World English Dictionary
anachronism (əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm)
 
—n
1.  the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed
2.  a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time: she regards the Church as an anachronism
 
[C17: from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos a mistake in chronology, from anakhronizein to err in a time reference, from ana- + khronos time]
 
anachro'nistic
 
—adj
 
anachro'nistically
 
—adv

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