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ahistorically

adv

Etymology

From ahistoric + -ally or ahistorical + -ly or a- + historically.

  1. derived from ἱστορικός
  2. derived from historicus
  3. formed as ahistoric — “a- + historic”
  4. formed as ahistorically — “ahistoric + -ally”

Definitions

  1. In an ahistorical way.

    • This dwelling marks American architecture's return to a human and domestic scale; it asserts at the same time the builder's right to work ahistorically from his own sense of form and present necessity.
    • When she had to mention them — for example, in scenes in Charleston and Atlanta — she referred to them, ahistorically, as “black,” which at the time would have been considered an insult.

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