ahistorical

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adjective ahis·tor·i·cal \ ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl , -ˈtär- \

variants: or ahistoric play \-ik\

Definition of ahistorical

:not concerned with or related to history, historical development, or tradition

an ahistorical attitude

; also :historically inaccurate or ignorant

an ahistorical version of events

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ahistorically

play \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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ahistoricism

play \-ə-ˌsi-zəm\ noun

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ahistoricity

play \-ˌhis-tə-ˈri-sə-tē\ noun

Recent Examples of ahistorical from the Web

When people align themselves with ahistorical assumptions and aggressive anti-intellectualism, academia itself becomes alarming.

— lincoln anthony blades, Teen Vogue, "Colleges and Universities are Becoming Less White, and Republicans Like Them Less," 20 July 2017
Down NOLA was birthed out of a recognition that the Confederate statues were the physical manifestation of an ahistorical worldview, one which valorized and apologized for the very champions of slavery.

— clint smith, New Republic, "The Young Black Activists Targeting New Orleans’s Confederate Monuments," 18 May 2017
There was, throughout the evening, an odd sense of ahistorical detachment from the issues that challenge France, and the new President.

— jon lee anderson, The New Yorker, "The French Vote, Celebrate, and Return to Normal in Grand Style," 8 May 2017
On Thursday, by marshaling the force of massive ahistorical mendacity, the Republican majority helped the president* fulfill that second promise.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "Stop Pretending Neil Gorsuch Will Be Your Friend," 6 Apr. 2017
On the electric Twitter machine, historian Kevin Kruse has been manning the barricades against the ever-changing barrage of ahistorical offal that McConnell has been tossing around.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "Yeah, About That Filibuster," 5 Apr. 2017
One also wonders if the more ahistorical dance-music fans wouldn’t quickly become more historical, and more Detroit-minded, if the festival were to produce some visible extra layers of content — publications, documentaries, panel discussions.

— ben ratliff, New York Times, "Made in Detroit, Differing Music Models," 31 May 2016
Unfortunately, this crisis is ahistorical (a black swan).

— bruce sterling, WIRED, "Every State is Hollow," 9 Oct. 2008

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