Anachronistic

It means something that is out of place in time. It can be ideas, activities, rules, or things.

Examples:

Mr. von Slatt, who came of age in the era of punk rock, new wave, and Goth, has always been a tinkerer. Now he creates intricately crafted anachronistic objects: for example, computer keyboards taken apart and rebuilt with brass, felt, and keys from antique manual ty

Hi,

eg In a movie set in the 14th. century, an actor was seen using his cell phone. The phone was anachronistic.

Clive

lilwillyhicould anyone please tell me the exact meaning ot the word "anachronistic" and how it can be used thanks

anachronistic means that the times are mixed up. Things happen that don't make sense because they are happening at the wrong time. Here's a story that contains an anachronism:

One day a doctor who delivers babies came home from w

Hi,,
according to your example,,,,i could make out that the phone does not belong to the 14th century...it did not exist in theat period so its anachronistic.......AM I RIGHT????

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lilwillyHi,,according to your example,,i could make out that the phone does not belong to the 14th century...it did not exist in theat period so its anachronistic..AM I RIGHT??*****

In the context of a stage play or novel set in the 14th century, yes.

A cell phone in today's world certainly is not anachronistic.