ahistoric

Examples

• All

• By "approximately stable" I mean that these particles (electrons and nuclei) could be treated as ahistoric objects whose physical characteristics were seemingly independent of their mode of production and whose lifetimes could be considered as essentially infinite.

  Academic text (1993)

• All of these sources are generalized and ahistoric, in the sense that they describe Jews and Judaism as something fixed.

  Academic text (2010)

• Instead, the test is entirely based on an ahistoric analysis of effective state control over a given maritime area.

  Academic text (2016)

• These arguments, however, are ahistoric.

  Academic text (2010)

• But we were living in an ahistoric hothouse, and the wolf of history is at the door again.

  Blog text (27)

• It is also static and ahistoric, downplaying shifts in both global and continental hierarchies.

  Academic text (1995)

• Taken too literally, the anthropological figure can become the eye of power or a two-dimensional silhouette, alone, against a unified and ahistoric ground of hegemonic control.

  Academic text (1993)

• I am suggesting that the ahistoric, irrationalist concept of "scapegoating" or "negative identity" cannot explain "prejudice"; rather, the pluralists are admitting there is no basis for unity in class societies whose politics are organized around national or ethnic "peaceful competition."

  Blog text (1)

• The movie presented an ahistoric perspective on the events, ignoring important historical contexts.

• In an ahistoric view of the world, past events are irrelevant to current decisions.

Synonyms

A

ahistorical

vsahistoric

• Formal

1 8.4

Not connected to past events

is the same in meaning but differs as an alternate form

U

unhistorical

vsahistoric

1 7.3

Not based on real past events

emphasizes absence from history or context over factual inaccuracy

S

suprahistorical

vsahistoric

• Formal

9.9

Not limited to any time in history

appears outside history but is less about lasting validity

A

antihistorical

vsahistoric

• Formal

9.0

Not paying attention to real facts about the past in a book or film

is a neutral absence of historical influence rather than opposition

N

nonhistoric

vsahistoric

5.5

Not connected with real past events

describes existing outside history rather than simply unrelated

N

nonhistorical

vsahistoric

6.3

Not about real events from the past

focuses on existing outside history rather than mere lack of relation

U

unhistoric

vsahistoric

7.1

Not based on known facts about the past

indicates appearing outside history rather than being factually wrong

How Historical

historical

400 3.6

ahistoric

• Formal

8.5

Surface Forms

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Etymology