anachronistic

Definition

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.

Etymology

From anachronism + -ic.

Example Sentences

• "If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers."
• "The impiety of the Ciceronian attitude was probably his major objection to the sect, yet the dialogue is mainly concerned with the more anachronistic and illogical aspects of attempting to write only as Cicero did."
• "What could be more anachronistic than imposing contemporary concern over fragmentation, i.e. diversity, of the present on the past so that no sources of patriarchal power or hierarchy can be held responsible for collective oppression in any time period?"

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