ahistorical

[ ey-hi-stawr-i-kuhl, -stor-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. without concern for history or historical development; indifferent to tradition.

ahistorical

/ ˌeɪhɪsˈtɒrɪkəl /

adjective

1. not related to history; not historical

Word History and Origins

Origin of ahistorical¹

First recorded in 1925–30; a- ⁶ + historical

Example Sentences

It’s why you have folks like Vance leaning into an ahistorical understanding of American politics while pushing rhetoric that has a distinct whiff of yesteryear’s populist Know Nothings.

From TIme

These are disappointingly ahistorical assessments from such a fine historian, one who has now given Americans reason to restore economic history to its rightful place in the study of the past and our understanding of the present.

From Washington Post

A noisier set complained about the ahistorical choices of certain fabrics and colors or men forgoing dancing gloves at balls.

From Washington Post

Beyond its ahistorical bent, it also misses two other issues.

From The Daily Beast

And the spasms of Republican recrimination have been profoundly ahistorical.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, the Tea-fueled Republican resistance to Obama's approach is both consistent with history, and dangerously ahistorical.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, sadly, he produced this one-sided, ahistorical tantrum.

From The Daily Beast

Yet the notion that Barak “decimated the Israeli peace camp” is ahistorical at best.

From The Daily Beast