Anachronistic — An*ach ro*nis tic, a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anachronistic — I adjective antedated, antiquated, archaic, archaizing, behind the times, ill advised, ill judged, ill timed, incongruous, misdated, misjudged, noncontemporary, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, previous, untimely, Victorian II index obsolete,… … Law dictionary
anachronistic — (adj.) 1775; see ANACHRONISM (Cf. anachronism) + ISTIC (Cf. istic) … Etymology dictionary
anachronistic — [[t]ənæ̱krənɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old fashioned. My children regard handwriting as some lost, anachronistic art … English dictionary
anachronistic — anachronism ► NOUN 1) a thing belonging to a period other than the one in which it exists. 2) the placing of something in the wrong historical period. DERIVATIVES anachronistic adjective anachronistically adverb. ORIGIN from Greek ana backwards + … English terms dictionary
anachronistic — adjective chronologically misplaced English public schools are anachronistic • Syn: ↑anachronic, ↑anachronous • Similar to: ↑asynchronous • Derivationally related forms: ↑anachronism, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
anachronistic — adjective see anachronism … New Collegiate Dictionary
anachronistic — anachronistically, adv. /euh nak reuh nis tik/, adj. pertaining to or containing an anachronism. Also, anachronistical. [1765 75; ANACHRON(ISM) + ISTIC] * * * … Universalium
anachronistic — Synonyms and related words: ahead of time, antedated, beforehand, behind time, behindhand, dated, early, foredated, late, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, out of date, out of season, overdue, parachronistic, past due, postdated, prochronistic … Moby Thesaurus
anachronistic — a·nach·ro·nis·tic || ə‚nækrÉ™ nɪstɪk adj. obsolete, out of date; not properly dated, not assigned to the correct time period (of a person, object or event) … English contemporary dictionary