archaism

Example Sentences

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That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2018

You can laugh at the archaism of the dialogue, if you wish, though I happen to like its sturdy lyricism.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

Its hallmark is archaism in theology and ethics, and its reach covers most of the global community of faith.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2015

Two centuries before that Louis XIV, king of France, tried to outlaw it as a feudal archaism.

From Economist • Jun. 11, 2015

She was taken halfway up the Hudson in an excursion steamer fitted out in the archaism of the mad Twenties.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov