anachronism
Wrong era item
An anachronism is something that appears outside its proper time period.
A wristwatch in a film set in ancient Rome is an anachronism.
The term extends to anything outdated or obsolete: The fax machine has become an anachronism in the age of email.
A person with old-fashioned views or habits may be called an anachronism.
Assigned incorrect temporal marker
- misplacedPut in wrong location
- out-of-placeNot fitting the surroundings
- ill-timedOccurring at wrong moment
- prematureOccurring before expected
belated · mistimed · displaced · incongruous · erroneous · discrepancy · inconsistency · misaligned
Old and outdated
- outdatedNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
superannuated · fossilized · defunct · obsolete · passe · outworn · relic · vestige
Disturbingly incongruous
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- misfitOne who doesn't fit in
paradox · dissonance · unfitting · unsuitable · clash · contradiction · juxtaposition · incompatibility
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- revivalReturn after decline
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- old-timeOf a past era
bygone · heritage · time-honored · classic · quaint · old-world · period · antique
Invented narratives in past settings
- cinematicRelating to motion pictures
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- stylisticRelating to artistic manner
misdated
Assigned incorrect temporal marker
- misplacedPut in wrong location
- out-of-placeNot fitting the surroundings
- ill-timedOccurring at wrong moment
premature · belated · mistimed · displaced · incongruous · erroneous · discrepancy · inconsistency · misaligned
antiquated
Old and outdated
- outdatedNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
outmoded · superannuated · fossilized · defunct · obsolete · passe · outworn · relic · vestige · holdover
jarring
Disturbingly incongruous
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
misfit · paradox · dissonance · unfitting · unsuitable · clash · contradiction · juxtaposition · incompatibility · absurdity
retro
Evoking recent past
old-time · bygone · heritage · time-honored · classic · quaint · old-world · period · antique · yesteryear
historical-fiction
Invented narratives in past settings
- cinematicRelating to motion pictures
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- A- wordsamoral, apathy, atheist, atypical, asymmetric
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
- Period SatireBlackadder, Monty Python, Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Blazing Saddles
- time errorsmisdate, wrong date, antedating, postdating, backdating
- textual criticismcritical apparatus, collation, emendation, recension, variant
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember
anachronismmodernity
Being of present times
contemporary · zeitgeist · contemporaneity · timeliness · cutting-edge
anachronisminnovation
Creating something original
vanguard · cutting edge · state of the art · avant-garde · modernism