ANACHRONISM Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

anachronism

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Recent Examples of anachronism Together, multi-instrumentalists Marc Riordan and Jon Leland craft a sui generis anachronism, hellbent on lovingly refracting the century-old sound through a contemporary prism. —

Aly Eleanor, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2026 Looking back at Audrey Hepburn’s most iconic looks is an exercise in anachronism. —

Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026 In 2025, swiping a plastic rectangle through a card reader feels like an anachronism, but the MetroCard shouldn’t be taken for granted. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025 Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism. —

Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anachronism

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Noun

Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication.

— Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.

— A.O. SCOTT, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018