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Anachronous
see synonyms of anachronousAdjective
1. anachronic, anachronistic, anachronous
chronologically misplaced
Example Sentences:'English public schools are anachronistic'
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Anachronous
see synonyms of anachronousadjective
relating to anachronism; misplaced chronologically
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Anachronous
see synonyms of anachronousn.
1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: "A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
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