SAT vocabulary
Anachronism
Something belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
Example
"A typewriter in a modern computer lab feels like a curious anachronism."
Etymology
From Greek 'ana-' (backwards, against) + 'khronos' (time).
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