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anachronisticbelonging to a former time; outdated or old-fashioned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Definition: belonging to a former time; outdated or old-fashioned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/

Korean meaning: 시대에 뒤떨어진, 시대착오적인

Korean pronunciation: 어**내**크러니스틱

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belonging to a former time; outdated or old-fashioned

anachronistic concept
💡 Concept

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 The modern workers exchange confused glances and point at his completely outdated writing method.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 behavior that belongs to a former time and appears outdated in the current setting

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/əˈnækrənɪstɪk/
🇬🇧 UK/əˈnækrənɪstɪk/

🌳Etymology

Prefixana--
Rootchron
Suffix--istic

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.

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🎵Rhyme

systematiccharacteristicoptimistic
systematic
characteristic
optimistic

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📝Examples

Using a flip phone in 2024 seems quite anachronistic.

😄 Fun example

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.

😄 Fun example

The medieval knight riding a horse through downtown traffic looked utterly anachronistic.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

outdatedold-fashionedobsoletearchaicantiquated

Antonyms

moderncontemporarycurrent

Related

chronologicalsynchronizechroniclechronic