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anachronyms

anachronyms is the plural of anachronym.

Meaning of anachronym

Noun

anachronym (plural anachronyms)

  1. A word, phrase, or term that has become outdated or technically inaccurate because it refers to a technology or practice from a previous time, yet it remains in common usage.

Questions about anachronyms

What is anachronyms the plural of?
Anachronyms is the plural of anachronym.

Words near anachronyms in the dictionary

  1. anachronizing
  2. anachronous
  3. anachronously
  4. anachrony
  5. anachronym
  6. anachronyms
  7. anacidic
  8. anacidity
  9. anack
  10. Anacker
  11. Anackers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anachronyms (page history and authors); anachronym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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