Meaning & use
anachronistic
Belonging to or seeming to belong to a time period different from the one being shown.
See it in a sentence
The wristwatch in the medieval film scene looked jarringly anachronistic to viewers.
Critics called the outdated dress code anachronistic in a modern, casual workplace.
A note on using this word
Anachronistic often describes a factual error in historical fiction, but it can also describe outdated attitudes in the present.
Words with a similar meaning
outdatedmisplaced
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