ahistorical

adj
/ˌeɪhɪˈstɔɹɪkəl/US

Etymology

From a- + historical or ahistoric + -al.

Definitions

  1. Lacking historical perspective or context.

    • Students are profoundly ahistorical now, and I think they need to work out the notion of how their own environment, over time, has shaped their lives.
  2. Not historically true or accurate

    Not historically true or accurate; unsupported by historical evidence.

    • The American historian John van Engen argues that Le Goff's and Schmitt's idea of a semi-pagan medieval Europe filled with remnants of 'Indo-European folklore' is rather dogmatic and ahistorical.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA