anhistoricaladj.
/ˌanhᵻˈstɒrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌænhəˈstɔrək(ə)l/ Not historical; 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
1939 Philos. Rev. 48 404 ‘Nirvana,’ as a concept, exists within the historic stream of the human race, however much that which ‘Nirvana’ means is anhistorical.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Jan. 31/3 The attraction of the non-archaeological, anhistorical approach to the past is its appeal to faith and belief.
1991 Guardian 23 Jan. 20/5 One certain truth about Britain and the US is that we have, lodged in our otherwise anhistorical minds, a great legend of second world war heroics.
2003 San Francisco Jung Inst. Libr. Jrnl. 21 53 The earliest Christians..set about to condemn an incumbent paganism simply on the basis of its anhistorical character.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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