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Synonyms for anachronism
əˈnæk rəˌnɪz əmanachro·nism

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. anachronismnoun

    Synonyms:
    throwback

  2. anachronismnoun

    A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.

    Synonyms:
    throwback

  3. anachronismnoun

    A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.

    Synonyms:
    throwback

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. anachronism, mistiming, misdatingnoun

    something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

    Synonyms:
    mistiming, misdating

  2. anachronismnoun

    an artifact that belongs to another time

    Synonyms:
    mistiming, misdating

  3. anachronismnoun

    a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

    Synonyms:
    mistiming, misdating

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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. anachronismnoun

    Synonyms:
    misdate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "anachronism":

    irrelevance, anachronistic

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How to use anachronism in a sentence?

  1. Prime Minister Edi Rama:

    We will end the long-drawn process of the privatisation of the state-owned Albpetrol company this year, since the very first day, it was clear to us Albpetrol was an anachronism and a hybrid that could not meet the challenges of the future.

  2. Prime Minister Edi Rama:

    Since the very first day, it was clear to us Albpetrol was an anachronism and a hybrid that could not meet the challenges of the future.


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