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ahistorically en · ADV

Etymology

From ahistoric + -ally or ahistorical + -ly or a- + historically.

Meanings

1. In an ahistorical way.
   • When she had to mention them — for example, in scenes in Charleston and Atlanta — she referred to them, ahistorically, as “black,” which at the time would have been considered an insult. 2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • This dwelling marks American architecture's return to a human and domestic scale; it asserts at the same time the builder's right to work ahistorically from his own sense of form and present necessity. 1917, Wisconsin magazine of history, volume 29, page 6:

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Translations (5)

pt aistoricamente (in an ahistorical way) · pl ahistorycznie (in an ahistorical way) · fi epähistoriallisesti (in an ahistorical way) · ru антиистори́чески (in an ahistorical way) · pt anistoricamente (in an ahistorical way)