ahistorical
pronunciation
How to pronounce ahistorical in British English: UK [ˌeɪhɪˈstɒrɪkl]
How to pronounce ahistorical in American English: US [ˌeɪhɪˈstɔrɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition
Word Origin
- ahistorical (adj.)
- "without reference to or regard for history," 1950, from a- (2) "not" + historical.
Example
- 1. The essay has a good style , but your argument is completely ahistorical .
- 2. After making such an ahistorical argument , fukuyama ( a political scientist at stanford university ) has now produced the first half of a two-volume work on the historical evolution of political institutions .