anti-historical
adjective
an·ti-his·tor·i·cal
ˌan-tē-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl
-ˈstär-,
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antihistorical
: opposed to or disagreeing with history : in opposition to the accepted historical record
… his apocalyptic outlook makes his novel not merely ahistorical but in some sense antihistorical.—Jonathan Rosen
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“Anti-historical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-historical. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.
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