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In the age of smartphones and social media, receiving a handwritten letter in the mail felt like an anachronism.anachronism = something out of place for it's time
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The historical fiction novel featured a scene with knights using smartphones, a glaring anachronism that took many readers out of the story.anachronism = something out of place for it's time (in this case something belonging to the future)
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The presence of a horse-drawn carriage on the city streets, amidst modern cars and buses, was a charming anachronism.anachronism = something out of place for it's time
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The printed version is an expensive anachronism from an earlier time.
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Reading 18th century English without an 18th century dictionary creates anachronistic historical interpretations.†
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The term Imperial is kept though it is now an anachronism. (source)
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He stood there, beside the spice rack, a living anachronism. (source)anachronism = something out of place for its time
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The anachronistic mix of historical elements in Three Body no longer surprised him.† (source)
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Our ancestors had no great tolerance for anachronisms. (source)anachronisms = things out of place for their time
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And how did he handle the growing materialism in which so many people feel no need of faith and consider the church almost an anachronism? (source)anachronism = something that belongs in the past
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On January 4, 1993, this writer received an unusual letter, penned in a shaky, anachronistic script that suggested an elderly author.† (source)
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These bodies hanging on the Wall are time travelers, anachronisms.† (source)
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My battery captain called me a Pachydermatous Anachronism the other day. (source)Anachronism = something out of place for its time
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But even if someone was clever enough to detect an inaccuracy say a style of carving or a type of wood anachronistic for the maker or period —I had once or twice been bold enough to talk past even this: by claiming the piece was made to order for a special customer and hence, strictly speaking, more valuable than the usual article.† (source)
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Colonel Aureliano, Buendia had him told, word for word, that he was eagerly awaiting that tardy but deserved occasion in order to take a shot at him, not as payment for the arbitrary acts and anachronisms of his regime, but for his lack of respect for an old man who had not done anyone any harm.† (source)
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The guard checked his black, military-style chronograph-an odd anachronism beneath his puffy sleeve.† (source)anachronism = something out of place for it's time
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