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Definition of Anachronistic
1. Adjective. Chronologically misplaced. "English public schools are anachronistic"
Similar to: Asynchronous
Derivative terms: Anachronism, Anachronism, Anachronism, Anachronism, Anachronism, Anachronism, Anachronism, Anachronism
Definition of Anachronistic
1. a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
Definition of Anachronistic
1. Adjective. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) having an opinion of the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; over-conservative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anachronistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anachronistic
Literary usage of Anachronistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"... SEXUAL PARADOXY (anachronistic ANOMALIES) Let us begin our consideration of
the individual anomalies by a description of those manifestations of sexual ..."
2. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... wicked ale-wife—Pious offenders punished—anachronistic Devils—Devils turn to
poems—Devil's good advice—Devil sticks to his word—His love of justice— ..."
3. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"Through the restoration and promotion of national cultures, such anachronistic
tribal traits as vendettas, head-hunting, etc, have been entirely rooted out, ..."
4. Journal of Theological Studies (1901)
"Why anachronistic? He admits that Judaism was 'able to exert a dangerous ...
Is it then ' quite anachronistic ' to suppose it possible that similar views ..."
5. History: Chronology 1: Second Edition by Anatoly Fomenko (2007)
"([217], pages 109-110) Such an "inherent trait of the mediaeval historiography
as its anachronistic propensity" is of importance to us. ..."
6. Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians by Michael Matthew Kaylor (2006)
"Although arguing that it is inherently anachronistic to claim that Hopkins was
a 'homosexual' (even if imaginary scare-quotes are inserted), ..."
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