anachronistic

WOTD - 11 July 2006    

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˌnæk.ɹəˈnɪs.tɪk/, SAMPA: /@%n{k.r\@"nIs.tIk/

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Adjective

anachronistic (comparative more anachronistic, superlative most anachronistic)

1. 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.

2. (of a person) having an opinion of the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; over-conservative.

Synonyms

• anachronous
• outdated, archaic

Translations

erroneous in date

Chinese: 不合时代/不合時代 (buheshidai) Dutch: anachronistisch (nl) Filipino: Laos na Finnish: anakronistinen, aikaan sopimaton French: anachronique German: anachronistisch (de) Greek: αναχρονιστικός (anakhronistikós) Hebrew: אֲנַכְרוֹנִיסְטִי (he) Indonesian: anakronis?, anakronistis?, salah jaman? Irish: mí-aimseartha (ga)

Italian: anacronistico (it) Japanese: 時代錯誤の (jidaisakugo no) Korean: 시대 착오 (sidae chago) Latin: anachronicus (Vulgar Latin), anachronisticus (Neo-Latin) Luxembourgish: anachronistesch (lb) Portuguese: anacrônico (sm) anacrônica (sf) Romanian: anacronic (ro) Russian: анахронический (ru) (anaxroníčeskij), анахроничный (ru) (anaxroníčnyj) Spanish: anacrónico (es)

having an opinion of the past

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Serbo-Croatian: anakroničan (hr), anakronističan (hr) Swedish: otidsenlig (sv), anakronistisk (sv)

See also

• anachronist
• incongruent
• parachronistic
• prochronistic

References

• anachronistic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• anachronistic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913