Anachronism is something regarded as outmoded or misplaced in time. Today, the mimeograph machine is an anachronism, and even electric typewriters seem anachronistic next to laptops.
Anachronisme est quelque chose considéré comme démodé ou mal placé dans le temps. Dans le monde actuel des photocopieurs personnels et des télécopieurs, la vieille ronéo est clairement un anachronisme; même la machine à écrire électrique semble anachronique à côté d'un ordinateur portable.
| Word | anachronism |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech | N. |
| Definition | something regarded as outmoded; something or someone misplaced in time. |
| Sentence | In today's world of personal copiers and fax machines, the old-fashioned mimeography machine is clearly an anachronism; even the electric typewriter seems anachronistic next to a laptop PC. |
Tags: psat
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Analogy n similarity parallelism well-known compares body's immune
Previous card: Amplify drowned v broaden clarify expanding intensify make
Up to card list: Barron's Basic Word List: 1500 words for the PSAT, SAT, etc.