Definition of nonhistorical
: not historical: such as
a
: not based on history
- an essentially nonhistorical account
b
: not used or reproducing what was used in the past
- nonhistorical costumes
- nonhistorical building materials
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nonhistorically
play \ˌnän-hi-ˈstȯr-i-k(ə-)lē, -ˈstär-\ adverb-
- All but one of the windows look authentically old-fashioned. The offending window belongs to a bathroom and was appropriately—if nonhistorically—modest.
- —George Graham
