anachronistic — belonging to a former time; outdated or old-fashioned
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: belonging to a former time; outdated or old-fashioned
Pronunciation (IPA): /əˈnækrənɪstɪk/
Example Sentences
- Using a flip phone in 2024 seems quite anachronistic.
- The company's anachronistic dress code requires employees to wear bow ties and suspenders.
- His anachronistic belief that women shouldn't work made him very unpopular.
anachronistic
ADJECTIVE[/əˈnækrənɪstɪk/]
belonging to a former time; outdated or old-fashioned

an elderly businessman sits at a sleek modern desk while frantically writing with a large feather quill pen on parchment paper. He dips the quill into an ornate inkwell as his colleagues type on laptops around him. His handwritten documents pile up slowly while others print pages instantly from their computers. The modern workers exchange confused glances and point at his completely outdated writing method. Some shake their heads in bewilderment at his old-fashioned approach in the high-tech environment. behavior that belongs to a former time and appears outdated in the current setting
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Greek 'anachronismos,' meaning 'something misplaced in time.' The word literally describes something that belongs to a different time period than where it appears.
Breakdown
ana- (backward/against) + chron- (time) + -istic (having the quality of)
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📝Examples
“Using a flip phone in 2024 seems quite anachronistic.”
“The company's anachronistic dress code requires employees to wear bow ties and suspenders.”
“His anachronistic belief that women shouldn't work made him very unpopular.”
“The medieval knight riding a horse through downtown traffic looked utterly anachronistic.”
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