Anachronic (Adjective)
Meaning
Chronologically misplaced; "English public schools are anachronistic".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- A top hat would be an anachronic fashion statement at a modern music festival.
- The rotary phone was an anachronic device in a movie set in the present day.
- Wearing a three-piece suit to a beach party would be an anachronic choice of attire.
- In a modern kitchen, a manual eggbeater is an anachronic relic of a bygone era.
- Using a typewriter in a college writing class would be considered an anachronic approach to composition.