anachronism
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9.8
- noun
- /əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm/
- Many consider using a typewriter for work in today's digital age to be an anachronism.
- become an anachronism
- deliberate anachronisms
- good anachronism
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Watch on YouTubeSo atavisms are biological anachronisms that persist long after their function no longer is important.
- So atavisms are biological anachronisms that persist long after their function no longer is important.
- So in all manner of now sometimes you have anachronism in scars.
Examples
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Some believe that the ability to communicate through writing is an anachronism in today's world of instant communication.
Academic text (1991) -
As far as political parties go, they're all anachronisms.
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However, there is way more than a little bit of anachronism in this show.
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Characters like you are an anachronism.
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I am a walking anachronism.
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The Castle represents every anachronism that needs to be destroyed if progress is to be made.
Fiction book (1991) -
The very idea of a 'Jewish state' is an anachronism.
Academic text (2008) -
The notion that self-reliance is an anachronism needs to be examined in historical perspective.
Academic text (2000) -
Their nostalgia is little more than an anachronism that provides no roadmap for the future.
Blog text (20) -
- I'm an anachronism.
Synonyms
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7.9
Having features like things from an earlier time
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7.6
Someone whose habits or style are old-fashioned
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7.2
An object, custom, or idea from long ago that seems out of date
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7.9
A person or thing that is very old-fashioned and not useful today
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8.6
An old-fashioned person or thing that is out of date
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9.9
An old-fashioned word, phrase, or style no longer used in everyday speech
Antonyms
How Outdated
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5.3
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9.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
anachronism = anachronous (opaque) = ana + chron + ism
Forming a noun from the adjective with '-ism' is a regular and transparent morphological step.
Etymology
Anachronism comes from the Greek parts ana- meaning 'against' or 'back' and chronos meaning 'time'. So an anachronism is something 'out of time' or in the wrong period, like a wristwatch in ancient Rome.