ahistoricism

English

Alternative forms

• anhistoricism

Etymology

a- +‎ historic +‎ -ism

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Noun

ahistoricism (countable and uncountable, plural ahistoricisms)

1. An attitude that tends to ignore history as being unimportant and having no relevance to modern life or decision making.
   • 1997, Sherrie A. Inness, The Lesbian Menace: Ideology, Identity, and the Representation of Lesbian Life‎^[1], Univ of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 24:

     The lesbian reader most likely would favor reading The Well as a condemnation of heterosexual society, but we risk ahistoricism if we assume that the general audience of the 1920s uniformly received this message from Hall’s novel.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ahistorismi, historiasta piittaamattomuus
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• Polish: ahistoryzm (pl) m
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