ahistorical
adjective
ahis·tor·i·cal ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl 
-ˈstär-
variants or ahistoric
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-ik
-ˈstär-
: not concerned with or related to history, historical development, or tradition
an ahistorical attitude
also : historically inaccurate or ignorant
an ahistorical version of events
ahistorically
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-k(ə-)lē
adverb -ˈstär-
ahistoricism
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-ə-ˌsi-zəm
noun -ˈstär-
ahistoricity
ˌā-ˌhi-stə-ˈri-sə-tē
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Some movies about the civil rights movement, said Welch, focus more on ahistorical drama rather than facts. 
al, 5 July 2022 Putin also openly stated his revanchist, imperialist goals, declaring that Ukraine was not a real country and making the ahistorical suggestion that it should be subsumed back into mother Russia. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 29 June 2022 Herzog’s Onoda is not an ahistorical lunatic, but rather a man with admirable focus who clings to life and refuses to cede a fight. Kristen Millares Young, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Kinzinger was reacting to Volodymyr Zelensky’s ahistorical speech to the Knesset. David Harsanyi, National Review, 22 Mar. 2022 It’s not only ahistorical but untrue to the present-day discriminations that nonwhites and non-Christians face in France—untrue to their struggle, collective and individual, to be recognized, accepted, and treated as undeniably and equally French. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022 Other Presidents are more indifferent to history, and the last Oval Office occupant in particular seems to have adopted a fiercely ahistorical posture. Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Apr. 2022 Yet overlooking the moguls’ story is troublingly ahistorical, say scholars. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2022 Putin’s ahistorical justifications of the invasion doesn’t surprise the scholar. Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022 See More
al, 5 July 2022 Putin also openly stated his revanchist, imperialist goals, declaring that Ukraine was not a real country and making the ahistorical suggestion that it should be subsumed back into mother Russia. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 29 June 2022 Herzog’s Onoda is not an ahistorical lunatic, but rather a man with admirable focus who clings to life and refuses to cede a fight. Kristen Millares Young, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Kinzinger was reacting to Volodymyr Zelensky’s ahistorical speech to the Knesset. David Harsanyi, National Review, 22 Mar. 2022 It’s not only ahistorical but untrue to the present-day discriminations that nonwhites and non-Christians face in France—untrue to their struggle, collective and individual, to be recognized, accepted, and treated as undeniably and equally French. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022 Other Presidents are more indifferent to history, and the last Oval Office occupant in particular seems to have adopted a fiercely ahistorical posture. Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Apr. 2022 Yet overlooking the moguls’ story is troublingly ahistorical, say scholars. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2022 Putin’s ahistorical justifications of the invasion doesn’t surprise the scholar. Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above