ahistorical

adjective

ahis·tor·i·cal ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl

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variants or ahistoric

ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-ik

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

an ahistorical attitude

also : historically inaccurate or ignorant

an ahistorical version of events

ahistorically

ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-k(ə-)lē

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adverb

ahistoricism

ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-ə-ˌsi-zəm

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noun

ahistoricity

ˌā-ˌhi-stə-ˈri-sə-tē

noun

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Escola’s brazenly ahistorical Mary Todd is one of those devilish comic creations, such as Jiminy Glick or Pee-wee Herman, that seems less invented than sprung free, never to return. —

Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 Jane surviving and possibly thriving isn’t even the most surprising of My Lady Jane’s gleefully deployed ahistorical features (the series is based on a popular YA novel of the same title by Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton, and Cynthia Hand). —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024 The ahistorical explanation that Putin often offers for his invasion is that Ukrainians are really just Russians who were separated from their home country with the fall of the Soviet Union. —

Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024 To think, nonetheless purport this is ahistorical, egregiously shortsighted, and, inevitably, anti-Black. —

Julian Randall, Essence, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ahistorical