ahistoricadj.
/ˌeɪhᵻˈstɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪhɪsˈtɔrɪk/ Not historic; unrelated to or unconcerned with history or historical events; = ahistorical adj.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] > relating to past times > regardless of the historical aspect
ahistoric1911
ahistorical1928
anhistorical1939
1911 Amer. Naturalist 45 139 It is useful to emphasize this ‘radical’ ahistoric genotype-conception of heredity in its strict antagonism to the transmission- or phenotype-view.
1937 W. Lewis Let. 21 Nov. (1963) 246 My mind is ahistoric, I would welcome the clean sweep.
1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 58 Their a-historic Antipathy forever gripes All ages and somatic types.
1967 S. L. Halleck Psychiatry & Dilemmas of Crime (1971) viii. 107 The psychopath..is basically an ahistorical individual for whom the past and the future are meaningless.
1991 A. G. van Aarde in P. J. Hartin & J. H. Petzer Text & Interpr. 108 This statement does not in itself presuppose an a-historic interpretation.
2000 Isis 91 334/1 They are both free of any ahistoric romanticism for the old premedicalized days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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