ahistorical
adjective
ahis·tor·i·cal
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl 
-ˈstär-
variants
or ahistoric
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-ik
-ˈstär-
: 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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Many of the people opining and whining about how this moment could be as bad or worse than the 2000 bust are uninformed or ahistorical.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Yet, this argument rests on an ahistorical understanding of the civil rights movement — one in which its work is complete.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
None of these things are the least bit ahistorical, and all of them have been made incalculably worse by a world that seeks to seal its crimes in a bubble — to disguise its worst sins behind a supposed lack of precedent.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Plus: Congress faces the heat at home Trump’s ahistorical attack on the Smithsonian
Zohran Mamdani meets the tennis fans
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David Remnick
Editor, The New Yorker
A casual moviegoer might show up for the actors.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Yet, this argument rests on an ahistorical understanding of the civil rights movement — one in which its work is complete.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
None of these things are the least bit ahistorical, and all of them have been made incalculably worse by a world that seeks to seal its crimes in a bubble — to disguise its worst sins behind a supposed lack of precedent.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Plus: Congress faces the heat at home Trump’s ahistorical attack on the Smithsonian
Zohran Mamdani meets the tennis fans
Illustration by Ben Wiseman
David Remnick
Editor, The New Yorker
A casual moviegoer might show up for the actors.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ahistorical
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“Ahistorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ahistorical. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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