nonhistorical
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6.3
- adjective
- /nɒnˈhɪstərɪkəl/
Examples
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For nonhistorical purposes, let me tell you what I really think:
Academic text (1996) -
To claim Rome broke away from herself is not only an error but nonhistorical.
Blog text (21) -
Art cannot both belong to culturally distinct historical epochs and be a product of nonhistorical forces.
Academic text (1992) -
Aboriginal scholars have challenged the ways Native people are depicted as illiterate and therefore nonhistorical.
Academic text (2009) -
Real-time is nonhistorical, and net-space is a kind of para-place that is mostly interstice.
Academic text (1994) -
My goal is not to fall into the quagmire of the historical/nonhistorical, objectivity/subjectivity, faith/knowledge debates.
Academic text (2008) -
The author's argument was based on nonhistorical assumptions that ignored actual events.
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His theories about society are often criticized as being nonhistorical because they disregard past influences.
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The film's nonhistorical portrayal of events led many viewers to question its accuracy.
Synonyms
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8.4
Not connected to past events
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7.3
Not based on real past events
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8.5
Not based on history or past events
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5.5
Not connected with real past events
How Historical
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonhistorical = historical (transparent) = non + history + ical
The adjective is formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'non-' to 'historical', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not historical'.
Etymology
Nonhistorical combines non- 'not' and history 'past events', so it means 'not about history', for example a story or scene that is made up and not based on real past events.