archaic

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In its benign use, Christendom is an archaic label for the Christians of the world.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Director Prosit Roy, who is father to a toddler daughter, describes himself as "a girl dad" and says he made the film to challenge "old ideas and archaic values".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The rebuilt face looks more archaic than many scientists expected, offering fresh clues about one of the first human species to expand across Africa and Eurasia.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

For similar reasons, archaic humans did not initiate any revolutions.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari