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

If nothing else, one thing is known for sure: The notion that Democrats were "unfair" by swapping Biden for Harris is ahistorical and ridiculous.

From Salon

I am even inclined to forgive their ahistorical point of view, although it is ironic given that so many of them are being educated at elite institutions.

From Los Angeles Times

Brewer said that the Trump legal team’s use of selective and misleading quotes to bolster their argument that presidential immunity dates back to the founding is not only ahistorical – but could also have dangerous consequences.

From Salon

It would be ahistorical for Democrats to bail them out.

From Los Angeles Times

At a time when instruction in biology can be increasingly reductive and ahistorical, paleontologists teach us the astonishing breadth of past and present life on Earth and the long history that led to today’s biosphere.

From Scientific American