Ahistorical

//ˌeɪhɪˈstɔɹɪkəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking historical perspective or context.

    "Students are profoundly ahistorical now, and I think they need to work out the notion of how their own environment, over time, has shaped their lives."

  2. 2
    Not historically true or accurate; unsupported by historical evidence.

    "The American historian John van Engen argues that Le Goff's and Schmitt's idea of a semi-pagan medieval Europe filled with remnants of 'Indo-European folklore' is rather dogmatic and ahistorical."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition wordnet

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"Students are profoundly ahistorical now, and I think they need to work out the notion of how their own environment, over time, has shaped their lives."

Etymology

From a- + historical or ahistoric + -al.

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