"ahistorical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌeɪhɪˈstɔɹɪkəl/ [General-American] Forms: more ahistorical [comparative], most ahistorical [superlative]
Etymology: From a- + historical or ahistoric + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|a-|historical|id1=not}} a- + historical, {{af|en|ahistoric|-al}} ahistoric + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} ahistorical (comparative more ahistorical, superlative most ahistorical)
  1. Lacking historical perspective or context. Derived forms: ahistorically, ahistoricalness Translations (lacking historical perspective): ahistorisk (Danish), historiaa tietämätön (Finnish), anhistorique [feminine, masculine] (French), ahistorisch (German), тарихқа қарсы (tarixqa qarsy) (Kazakh), ahistoryczny (Polish), anistórico (Portuguese), aistórico (Portuguese), антиистори́ческий (antiistoríčeskij) [masculine] (Russian), ahistorický (Slovak), ahistoričen (Slovene), ahistórico (Spanish)
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
      "word": "ahistoričen"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "lacking historical perspective",
      "word": "ahistórico"
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