historical
adjective
of, relating to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events.
unhistorical
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a word derived from
historical.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Vickers called the performance “infuriating because René Jacobs’s decisions — unhistorical, unstylish and profoundly unmusical — cause a cornucopia of horrible aberrations.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2011
I am a Catholic peculiarly possessed of the modern consciousness, that thing Jung describes as unhistorical, solitary, and guilty.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2001
Non-Bultmannite Biblical critics, such as William Albright of Johns Hopkins, contend that the Marburgers are too skeptical in rejecting so much of the New Testament as unhistorical.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Jesuit weekly America, Rutgers Professor James Muldoon has argued that the National Council of Churches' resolution is unhistorical.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it is unhistorical to write an account of monastic houses based solely upon the rule, it is also unhistorical to write one based solely on visitation documents.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
