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ANACHRONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anachronic mean?
• ANACHRONIC (adjective)
The adjective ANACHRONIC has 1 sense:
1. chronologically misplaced
Familiarity information: ANACHRONIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronologically misplaced
Synonyms:
anachronic; anachronistic; anachronous
Context example:
English public schools are anachronistic
Similar:
asynchronous (not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Derivation:
anachronism (an artifact that belongs to another time)
anachronism (a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age)
anachronism (something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred)
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