Historicity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  historic \his*tor"ic\ (h[i^]s*t[o^]r"[i^]k), historical
  \his*tor"ic*al\ (h[i^]s*t[o^]r"[i^]*kal), a. [L. historicus, Gr.
     "istoriko`s: cf. F. historique. See {History}.]
     Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events;
     as, an historical poem; the historic page. --
     {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n.


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           There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope.
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     2. having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real
        world; -- contrasted with {legendary}; as, the historical
        Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed;
        actual historical events.
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     3. Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times;
        a historical character.
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     4. Within the period of time recorded in written documents;
        as, within historic times. Opposite of {prehistoric}.
  
     Syn: diachronic.
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     5. (Linguistics) Same as {diachronic}. {synchronic}
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     {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which
        represents the events of history.
  
     {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is
        deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under
        which it was written.
  
     {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent
        the unity and significance of a past era or age.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "historicity":
     accomplished fact, actuality, authenticity, eternal verities, fact,
     factuality, fait accompli, good sooth, grim reality,
     historical truth, not a dream, objective existence, reality, sooth,
     the true, trueness, truth, truthfulness, ultimate truth,
     unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, veracity, verity,
     very truth