ahistorical

pronunciation

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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 .

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