Examples of 'archaic' in a sentence
Meaning of "archaic"
Archaic describes something that is very old or outdated, often relating to language or customs that are no longer used in contemporary society
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- A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
- (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
- Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
- No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
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These songs sounded archaic to most people.
Archaic and rare words are also omitted.
Women are driven by archaic and prelogical impulses.
Archaic people built stone walls structures.
Scarlatina is an archaic name for scarlet fever.
Archaic human admixture with modern humans.
Wain is also an archaic term for a chariot.
Archaic culture entrenched in criminal justice institutions.
I do not get this archaic impulse to rebel.
Its archaic warmth is touching deep within.
We have to overcome these archaic feelings of exploitation.
An archaic synonym for memory is the store.
The reason was its archaic economic model.
The archaic practice of fluoridation must end.
They have very archaic colonial laws.
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We do not share the view that it is archaic.
That is archaic and political misfit term.
And believe or die is an archaic moral standing.
Fixed in archaic poetry to be revised out or suppressed.
Our fight is just about that archaic.
No oppressive archaic laws or endless rituals of death.
Busy amidst the cobwebs of archaic buildings.
Alienist is an archaic term for a psychiatrist or psychologist.
The school clinic is pressingly an archaic institution.
That is an archaic law that is never prosecuted.
This dialect contains a lot of archaic words.
During the archaic and classical period.
Apollo bears the distinctive archaic smile.
No repressive archaic laws or endless rituals of death.
The irregular endings are archaic or dialectal.
Like an archaic relic of the past.
I can understand that your archaic behavior.
This law is archaic and should be removed.
Astonished and young like an archaic statue.
Between the archaic and haiku poetry.
So you confronted us with this archaic world.
Fading away are archaic methods of the past.
I know the pewter looks a little archaic.
It was absolutely archaic compared to what we use today.
She loves showing us how archaic we are.
It is a very archaic notion that should change.
You are attempting to hack an archaic analog system.
Your archaic cultures are authority driven.
But even that is fast becoming archaic.
You said it rewards archaic gender roles.
Vedic literature is neither dead nor archaic.
My artisans often use archaic work methods.
The personal income tax system is archaic.
The current system is archaic and inadequate.
The system as a whole is antiquated and archaic.
