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anachronistic

IPA pronunciation: /əˌnæk.rəˈnɪs.tɪk/

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Russian meaning

Анахроничный

English definition

Belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.

Example

Insisting on paper blue-books for linguistic testing seems anachronistic today.

Collocations

anachronistic view
seem anachronistic
hopelessly anachronistic

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