Lev Grossman

One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country.

American Novelist

Dana Loesch

Judges are either partial to the Constitution or they aren't; they either believe that the document is perfect in its form and that rights like free speech don't ebb in and out of style - or they believe that it's an anachronistic document in a world that needs a malleable, living Constitution.

American Activist

Paramahansa Yogananda

I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.

Indian Leader

Travis Knight

This medium of stop-motion, it can be much more than it's been kind of defined as - it's not just a creaky and anachronistic way of making films, it actually is a very vital art form that can do wonderful things if put in the right hands.

American Producer

Chris Pine

I have a romantic vision of the beautiful delineation between TV and film that existed for so many years. I romanticize the studio system and movie stars as a whole, but obviously that's just anachronistic and probably a non-reality.

American Actor

Juan Williams

Yes, agriculture subsidies are far too generous. They need to be reined in because they cater to special interests while distorting free market competition. Yes, the farm laws are an anachronistic mess.

American Journalist

Garth Stein

I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

American Author

Paul F. Tompkins

Just because I have a good vocabulary, I don't think of myself as anachronistic - just because I try not to use the word 'like' every other word.

American Comedian

Trevor Paglen

To me, traditional approaches to doing photography and thinking about photography feel increasingly anachronistic.

American Artist

Mark Zandi

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.

American Economist

Use 'anachronistic' when discussing history or tradition to highlight something that doesn't fit the era.

Historical Context

Understand specific eras to identify anachronistic elements that may not match that time period.

Cultural Reference

Sometimes 'anachronistic' is used purposely in stories to create humor or contrast.

Intentional Use

When reviewing stories or media, 'anachronistic' points out items or language that's time-inaccurate.

Media Specific

Authors may use anachronistic elements for style or to make a point, knowing it's not time-accurate.

Creative License

Learn historical contexts to better identify what is anachronistic in literature and films.

Detecting Anachronism

 continuous piece of sand on earth it's assuming in a little bit to have a look at this catchment it's almost anachronistic it shouldn't be this way it shouldn't be so perfect it was the Angolan war it was civil war following that that kept people out of there he visits parts of that catchment today you'll find broken down here

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 It was a conversation between two women. One of the women was white, and one was black. And the white woman said -- this is going to sound very anachronistic now --

Anachronistic

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