old-fashionedness
Outdated style trait
The quality of being outdated or belonging to an earlier time.
Old-fashionedness may be charming or quaint—the old-fashionedness of handwritten letters—or it may suggest stubborn resistance to change: His old-fashionedness about gender roles made him seem out of touch.
Belonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- bygoneOf earlier times
passé · outdated · anachronistic · antiquated · superannuated · prehistoric · antediluvian · fossilized
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
conventionality · orthodoxy · formality · conservatism · continuity · time-honored · ancestral · ceremonial
Evoking recent past
- classicOf lasting excellence
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- collectibleObject worth amassing
gramophone · typewriter · phonograph · vinyl · turntable · daguerreotype · telegram · tweed
Time not long past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · sepia-toned · halcyon · remembrance · retrospection · homesickness · reverie · bittersweet
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
bygone · passé · outdated · anachronistic · antiquated · superannuated · prehistoric · antediluvian · fossilized · timeworn
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ancestryFamily line of descent
folklore · conventionality · orthodoxy · formality · conservatism · continuity · time-honored · ancestral · ceremonial · classical
retro
Evoking recent past
collectible · gramophone · typewriter · phonograph · vinyl · turntable · daguerreotype · telegram · tweed · corset
yesteryear
Time not long past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
longing · yearning · sepia-toned · halcyon · remembrance · retrospection · homesickness · reverie · bittersweet · rose-tinted
old-fashionednessmodernity
Being of present times
modernness · newness · currentness · up-to-dateness · freshness
old-fashionednesstrendiness
Being currently fashionable
fashionableness · progressiveness · innovativeness · chicness · stylishness
fashion, fashionable, old-fashioned, fashioned, fashions, fashioning, unfashionable, fashionably, fashioner