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   anachronistic

   /əˌnakrəˈnɪstɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to a period other than that being portrayed: "'Titus' benefits from the effective use of anachronistic elements like cars and loudspeakers"
   • ▪ belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned: "she is rebelling against the anachronistic morality of her parents"

   Derivatives

   • 1. anachronistically adverb

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