anachronistic
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- IPA: /əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk/
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anachronistic (comparative more anachronistic, superlative most anachronistic)
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- Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time.
- If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers.
- (of a person) having an opinion of the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; over-conservative.
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- anachronistic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- anachronistic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

