anachronistic
/uh-nak-ruh-NISS-tik/adjectivebelonging to a period other than the one being portrayed
“A wristwatch on a Roman soldier is gloriously anachronistic.”
- Synonyms
- outdated, misplaced in time
- Antonyms
- contemporary, current
- Root
- chron- (time)
- Memory hook
- ana (against) + chron (time): out of its proper time.
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