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ahistorically

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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ahistorically (comparative more ahistorically, superlative most ahistorically)

  1. In an ahistorical way.
    • 1917, Wisconsin magazine of history, volume 29, page 6:
      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.
    • 2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      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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