Meaning of anachronistic in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    anachronistic

    Definitions

    1. chronologically misplaced

    Examples

    • « English public schools are anachronistic »

    Synonyms

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  • « One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country. »
    Lev Grossman

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