The name is a misleading anachronism that dates from when secret meant private (" secretary "has the same derivation).
However, the "VW law" that gives the state a veto over important decisions is a controversial anachronism which both the European Commission and Porsche, VW's new owner, are determined to get rid of.
It would be an anachronism to talk of Queen Victoria watching television.
I have certainly engaged in a certain amount of anachronism but I have also used punctuation and I have worked out ways in which this discourse makes sense.
The monarchy is something of an anachronism these days.
Most, though, just wanted the tidy resolution of what had long seemed an anachronism, albeit a rather effective one.
Is it a pointless anachronism or an invaluable moral guide?
He is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.
Some people say that marriage is an anachronism in 2002, but I still like the romantic ideal of being with one person for the rest of my life.
This is history seen as an inevitable progress towards a glorious future: a pattern imposed on the past with little thought of anachronism or the subtleties of events and personalities.
They are an anachronism, part of a system that may never go away.
It's an anachronism to speak of Mark as satirizing people watching TV.
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