ahistorical

[ ey-hi-stawr-i-kuhl, -stor-i-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

without concern for history or historical development; indifferent to tradition.

ahistorical

/ ˌeɪhɪsˈtɒrɪkəl /

First recorded in 1925–30; a- ⁶ + historical

Beyond its ahistorical bent, it also misses two other issues.

And the spasms of Republican recrimination have been profoundly ahistorical.

In fact, the Tea-fueled Republican resistance to Obama's approach is both consistent with history, and dangerously ahistorical.

Instead, sadly, he produced this one-sided, ahistorical tantrum.

Yet the notion that Barak “decimated the Israeli peace camp” is ahistorical at best.

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