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historielös

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Swedish

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Etymology

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historia +‎ -lös. Not listed in SAOB. Listed in SAOL 10th ed. (1973), but not 9th ed. (1954).

Adjective

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historielös (not comparable)

  1. ignorant regarding history, lacking (knowledge of) history, unhistoried, historyless
    Alldeles historielöst och amerikanskt sköt det närbelägna samhället Malmberget upp.
    Entirely American and without history, the nearby village Malmberget sprung up.
    Man plägar beteckna den »historielösa» kulturen såsom etnologiens egentliga föremål.
    Traditionally cultures without (written) history have been the real subject of ethnology.
    dagens historielösa ungdom
    today's youth, ignorant of history

Declension

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Inflection of historielös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular historielös
neuter singular historielöst
plural historielösa
masculine plural2 historielöse
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 historielöse
all historielösa

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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