ahistorical
adjective
ahis·tor·i·cal
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl 
-ˈstär-
variants
or ahistoric
ˌā-hi-ˈstȯr-ik
-ˈstär-
: not concerned with or related to history, historical development, or tradition
an ahistorical attitude
also
: historically inaccurate or ignorant
an ahistorical version of events
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Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World
by Kelly Clancy.
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Games have developed a contemporary, ahistorical reputation for triviality—a way people lose themselves instead of understanding themselves.
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Carmen Maria MacHado, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Israel has been reimagined as the nexus of Western power in the Middle East, an ahistorical, antisemitic fiction that ignores the reality.
—Julia Jassey, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
This claim is ahistorical—and ignores the fact that many Jews feel more unsafe today because of the policies of the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and claims that Israel represents Jews anywhere.
—Raz Segal, TIME, 14 May 2024
But that is ahistorical in and of itself because Black women have been calling attention to the ways in which they are subjected to anti-Black violence and harassment online since the 1990s.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 10 May 2024
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Carmen Maria MacHado, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Israel has been reimagined as the nexus of Western power in the Middle East, an ahistorical, antisemitic fiction that ignores the reality.
—Julia Jassey, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
This claim is ahistorical—and ignores the fact that many Jews feel more unsafe today because of the policies of the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and claims that Israel represents Jews anywhere.
—Raz Segal, TIME, 14 May 2024
But that is ahistorical in and of itself because Black women have been calling attention to the ways in which they are subjected to anti-Black violence and harassment online since the 1990s.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 10 May 2024
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“Ahistorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ahistorical. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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