ahistorical

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ historical or ahistoric +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪhɪˈstɔɹɪkəl/

Adjective

ahistorical (comparative more ahistorical, superlative most ahistorical)

1. Lacking historical perspective or context.
   • 1925, The New Yorker, volume 51, page 32:

     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.

Derived terms

• ahistorically
• ahistoricalness

 

Translations

lacking historical perspective

• Chinese:

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• Danish: ahistorisk
• Finnish: historiaa tietämätön
• French: anhistorique (fr) m or f
• German: ahistorisch (de)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: тарихқа қарсы (tarixqa qarsy)
• Polish: ahistoryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: anistórico, aistórico
• Russian: антиистори́ческий (ru) m (antiistoríčeskij)
• Slovak: ahistorický
• Slovene: ahistoričen
• Spanish: ahistórico (es)