Complete Definition of "anachronistic"

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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/��nækr��nɪstɪk/
audio|en-us-anachronistic.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

  1. erroneous|Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time.

#:If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers.

  1. context|of a person having an opinion of the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; over-conservative.

Synonyms
outdated, archaic

Translations

Chinese: ���代/���代 (bugeshidai)
Croatian: t-|hr|anakroni�an, t-|hr|anakronisti�an
Dutch: t+|nl|anachronistisch
Filipino: Laos na
Finnish: anakronistinen, aika|aikaan sopimaton
French: anachronique
German: t+|de|anachronistisch
Greek: ανα��ονι��ικ�� (anakhronistik�ós)
Hebrew: t-|he|�נ�ר�נ�ס��|alt�ֲנַ�ְר�ֹנִ�סְ�ִ�|scHebr
Indonesian: anakronis?, anakronistis?, salah jaman?
Italian: anacronico
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Japanese: �代�誤� (jidaisakugo no)
Korean: �� 착� (sidae chago)
Latin: anachronicus (Vulgar Latin), anachronisticus (Neo-Latin)
Portuguese: anacrônico (sm) anacrônica (sf)
Russian: ана��они��и�е�ко (anakhronistichesko)
Spanish: anacrónico

See also
anachronist
incongruent
parachronistic
prochronistic

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

ru:anachronistic
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