historicity

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌhɪstəˈɹɪsɪti/

Definition of historicity

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Historical quality or authenticity based on fact.
    “The historicity of minor political figures of this period is often hard to establish due to a dearth of sources.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Historical quality or authenticity based on fact.
    “The historicity of minor political figures of this period is often hard to establish due to a dearth of sources.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)The characteristic of having appeared or developed in history, as opposed to being natural or universal.
    “This particular school places great emphasis on the historicity of ideas, practices, or institutions.”
    “A superficial impression of Asia may be of disorder, whereas this condition is in fact the immediate historicity that speaks for an undertheorised heteroglossia.”

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Etymology

Probably from French historicité, or from Latin historicus + -ity. Equivalent to historic + -ity.

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