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- Dictionaryanachronistic/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"
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1. : an error in chronology. especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other. found several anachronisms in the movie. 2. : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place. especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present.
adjective. uk / əˌnæk.rəˈnɪs.tɪk / us / əˌnæk.rəˈnɪs.tɪk / Add to word list. existing out of its time in history: He described the law as anachronistic and ridiculous. Anachronistic mechanical voting machines are gone, replaced with computerized scanners. See. anachronism. Fewer examples.
someone or something placed in the wrong period in history, or something that belongs to the past rather than the present: For a historical drama, the movie was filled with anachronisms. anachronistic. adjective us / əˌnæk·rəˈnɪs·tɪk / He uses only e-mail, never anachronistic regular mail.
Anachronistic definition: pertaining to or containing an anachronism. . See examples of ANACHRONISTIC used in a sentence.
a person, thing, or idea that exists out of its time in history, especially one that happened or existed later than the period being shown, discussed, etc.: For some people, marriage is an anachronism from the days when women needed to be protected. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare. an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:
Definition of anachronistic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 24, 2012 · An anachronism is something that doesn't fit its time period, like if you say you'll "dial" your smartphone. Anachronism comes from the Greek roots ana - which means "against" and chron - which means "time."
Something that's old-fashioned and maybe a little out of place is anachronistic, like a clunky black rotary-dial telephone sitting on a desk beside a sleek new smart-phone (or whatever the new technology is when you read this).
You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned. Many of its practices seem anachronistic. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
