English public schools are anachronistic. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It's also a way of feeling less anachronistic, which is why a lot of fiction writers are into Twitter. From Wordnik.com. [Gothamist] Reference
And that's the kind of anachronistic rule that ought to be. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009] Reference
Which brings me to my final critique: you misspelled "anachronistic" in your last paragraph. From Wordnik.com. [The Ugly Truth About Tokio Hotel: Vanity Fair] Reference
Official calls prohibition 'anachronistic' by councilwoman. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
U.S. export control regulations "anachronistic," says Nirupama Rao. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to India asks US to support Doha talks for global trade pact] Reference
In a reversal, Justice Stevens calls the death penalty 'anachronistic'. From Wordnik.com. [ModerateVoters.org] Reference
But in some ways, the technology used in Playbutton is "anachronistic", as its inventor admits. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The thought that the Ark was some kind of anachronistic technological artifact is quite appealing to some. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The report said the legacy of the old monopoly producer board was "anachronistic" and the monopoly powers should be revoked. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
Is it just me or does it seem kind of anachronistic to be advertising a browser with something as low-tech as a poster hoarding?. From Wordnik.com. [bit-tech.net Feed] Reference
After all, the Internet is supposed to be the model of transparency, and press releases and conference calls seemed "anachronistic,". From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Ross Sorkin - DealBook Column - A Lack of Transparency in S.E.C. Disclosure Rule - NYTimes.com] Reference
Being too anachronistic even for B'way was bad enough. From Wordnik.com. [Timing Is, Uh, Everything] Reference
MCDEVITT: Why is the concept of work-free "golden years" anachronistic?. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Good Work After You Retire] Reference
The notion of a China threat is, I think, as nihilistic as it is anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Waking Dragon] Reference
Cynics and secular moralists who argue otherwise are playing anachronistic games. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
It's obviously anachronistic, to label a woman a winner just because she's married. From Wordnik.com. [LOSER DOG NATION] Reference
We have long struggled with whether discussing "women and leadership" is anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor’s Desk] Reference
They should encourage the passing of its anachronistic segment, while helping reformers. From Wordnik.com. [A Blessedly Boring Year] Reference
No such rabbits, no authentically anachronistic fossils of any kind, have ever been found. From Wordnik.com. [The Angry Evolutionist] Reference
Yet the larger perception in Europe is that American religiosity is backward, anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [True Secularist] Reference
She seems at once determined to join The Citadel's anachronistic culture and to challenge it. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, To Be A Knob!] Reference
Moreover, national pavilions seem somehow anachronistic in an era of increasing globalization. From Wordnik.com. [This Fair Could Flop] Reference
If that kind of cooperation sounds as anachronistic as a massive reptile, that's because it is. From Wordnik.com. [Bipartisanship Is Bad] Reference
"It's anachronistic." says Clark Wolf of The Markham, a New York restaurant with a mixed staff. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Table Scraps] Reference
And the days when half of all women would marry by 20, as they did in 1960, only look more anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage by the Numbers] Reference
My take is that Apple's bet on vertical integration, which seems anachronistic, is actually a stroke of genius. From Wordnik.com. [Going Vertical] Reference
Science has a way of defusing incendiary issues through breakthroughs that make the controversial anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [Cures From The Womb] Reference
I think there is just a sense that the killings and the hatred that have been around 25, 30 years are anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. ['We'll Not Be Deterred'] Reference
They worry about the fate of what once were considered -- how anachronistic this phrase seems -- the heroic virtues. From Wordnik.com. [Presidential Moisture] Reference
An ancillary benefit of today's war may be the further discrediting of anachronistic and blinkered black leadership. From Wordnik.com. [The Military Meritocracy] Reference
We see it as a duty and, at the same time, as a risk: the risk of appearing anachronistic, of not being listened to. From Wordnik.com. [After The Survivors] Reference
Fidel, the master of the most anachronistic and powerful rhetorical fervor ever heard in Latin America, knows better. From Wordnik.com. [How Fidel Snookered Everyone] Reference
Despite the anachronistic name, the group continues in its original purpose: championing traditional English cask ale. From Wordnik.com. [Beer: Wooden you like a pint?] Reference
Founded in 1971, Southwest was too young to encumber itself with many of the anachronistic pre-deregulation work rules. From Wordnik.com. [Wal-Mart Of The Sky] Reference
Institutions built to reflect the realities of 1945 -- such as the U.N. Security Council -- risk becoming anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrogant Empire] Reference
As countries in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia relax their visa regulations, Russia's have become even more anachronistic. From Wordnik.com. [Not Quite Paradise] Reference
Bamford says he found the papers dogmatic and anachronistic, like "something out of the 1950s," and eventually threw them out. From Wordnik.com. [The Friends Of Robert Philip Hanssen] Reference
Try a visit to the defiantly anachronistic fiefdom of Sark, a four-square-mile cluster of rock outcrops in the English Channel. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
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