nonhistorical
Outside recorded events
Nonhistorical describes something not based on or concerned with history.
A nonhistorical approach to a subject ignores its past development.
Nonhistorical fiction invents characters and events rather than depicting real ones: The novel takes a nonhistorical view of the era, focusing on imagined lives rather than documented figures.
Of folklore, not fact
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- inventedCreated something new
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- imaginaryExisting only in thought
fantastical · make-believe · apocryphal · fictitious · concocted · embellished · romanticized · dramatized
Lasting without end
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- everlastingLasting for all time
- unchangingNot varying at all
enduring · perennial · abiding · universal · transcendent · constant · immutable · atemporal
Wrongly placed in time
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
unrelated · disconnected · context-free · decontextualized · presentist · revisionist
Of recent times
- currentDirected flow of charge
- present-dayOf this era
- contemporaryOf the present age
- recentOf the near past
up-to-date · synchronic · immediate · real-time · living · ongoing · existing · prevailing
mythical
Of folklore, not fact
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- inventedCreated something new
- fabricatedInvented, not real
imaginary · fantastical · make-believe · apocryphal · fictitious · concocted · embellished · romanticized · dramatized · fictionalized
eternal
Lasting without end
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- everlastingLasting for all time
unchanging · enduring · perennial · abiding · universal · transcendent · constant · immutable · atemporal · unvarying
anachronistic
Wrongly placed in time
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
tangential · unrelated · disconnected · context-free · decontextualized · presentist · revisionist
modern
Of recent times
- currentDirected flow of charge
- present-dayOf this era
- contemporaryOf the present age
recent · up-to-date · synchronic · immediate · real-time · living · ongoing · existing · prevailing
nonhistoricalhistorical
Of documented times
factual · documentary · documented · true · actual
nonhistoricalhistorical
Of documented times
past · ancient · archival · retrospective · bygone
nonhistoricaldocumentary
Factual film about reality
journalistic · reportorial · eyewitness · testimonial · evidential
history, historic, historical, histories, historian, prehistory, historicity, ahistorical, historiography