adjective
- not concerned with or related to history or historical development
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The philosopher took an ahistoric approach to analyzing human nature.
- Critics argued that the theory was too ahistoric to be practically useful.
- The ahistoric perspective ignored centuries of cultural development.
- Her ahistoric analysis focused solely on present-day conditions.
- The study’s ahistoric methodology was questioned by historians.
- An ahistoric viewpoint can sometimes provide fresh insights.