anachronistic
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"Some officials in the United States still have yet to awaken from their escapist and anachronistic dream," she said.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
The historically anachronistic animated epic introduces its neanderthal champion, Spear, and his partner, a female Tyrannosaurus named Fang, as they find common cause in grief.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026
It said the current system requiring approval from two doctors was "anachronistic, paternalistic and failed to reflect best modern practice".
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Black-cab drivers have to memorize London’s labyrinth of streets and pass a test known as “the Knowledge,” a feat sometimes seen as an anachronistic barrier to recruitment in the age of the sat-nav.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Thus they legitimize a profoundly anachronistic reading of the dispute between Hobbes and Boyle by placing their own view of that dispute into the mouth of Hobbes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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