| ADJ | anachronistic | more anachronistic | most anachronistic |
| SYNO | anachronic | anachronistic | anachronous |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
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Usage Examples English
- In Section IV on the winter-journey to Cologne he mocks the anachronistic German society, that more readily with archaic skills builds the Cologne Cathedral, unfinished since the Middle Ages, than addressing itself to the Present Age.
- In the anachronistic postscript set in 1947, Borges remembers events that occurred in the last years.
- The concept of anatopism is less widely familiar than that of anachronism, perhaps because much that is anatopic is also anachronistic.
- The editing capabilities of CANDE are anachronistic for casual (as opposed to scripted) editing as they predate full screen and graphical editors.
- The nineteenth century saw an anachronistic revival of such scenes in the "costume genre" depictions or "scene galante" paintings by, for example, Arturo Ricci.
- The intentional use of older cultural artifacts may be regarded by some as anachronistic.
- Some web users have criticized female virtue classes as having cult-like properties, as well as being anachronistic.
- Some anachronistic errors were also spotted, such as when Um Hārūn used disposable medical gloves that were not invented until 1965.
- The book received some criticism for its "anachronistic nature", but was positively reviewed over all.
- Caïssa (...) is a fictional (anachronistic) Thracian dryad portrayed as the goddess of chess. She was first mentioned during the Renaissance by Italian poet Hieronymus Vida.
- Although it remains a crime in some jurisdictions, barratry has frequently been abolished as being anachronistic and obsolete.
- There are a number of anachronistic myths related to the river fort that include tragedy and mystery.
- Sister Rose Pacatte wrote a positive review for the "National Catholic Reporter", objecting only to the anachronistic costumes worn by Jewish women in the film.
- A mostly positive review in Kirkus Reviews praised the battle scenes as 'stirring' but called Holland's 'East-versus-West' notion 'anachronistic'.
- Leonardo's costume is also rather anachronistic, with his sneakers and chinos being more reminiscent of modern-day clothing than that of 15th-century Florence.
- Critics of the Book of Mormon have argued that there are words and phrases in the book that are anachronistic with archaeological findings.
- In 1977, the Criminal Law and Penal Methods Reform Committee stated that "today it would seem anachronistic to charge anyone with blasphemous libel".
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