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anachronistic

/ˌænəˈkrɒnɪstɪk/
IELTSAcademic
adjective

Something seems anachronistic when it looks like it belongs to an older time.

  • That mobile phone looks anachronistic today.
  • He used anachronistic language in the meeting.
  • Fashion can appear anachronistic unexpectedly.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: anachronistic suits formal contexts, while old-fashioned and passé are more casual. Unlike outdated (general), anachronistic often implies a mismatch in time. Choose it in essays when something seems stuck in another era.

In other languages

Spanish
anticuado/a fuera de lugar
Japanese
時代遅れの
Korean
시대에 뒤떨어진
Vietnamese
thời đại lỗi thời
Chinese
过时的，不合时宜的

Synonyms

old-fashionedantiquatedarchaicpasseedated

Related words

outdatedold-fashionedantiquatedarchaicpassee

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