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historical
[ hi-stawr-i-kuhl, -stor- ]
adjective
- of, relating to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events:
historical records;
historical research.
- based on or reconstructed from an event, custom, style, etc., in the past:
a historical reenactment of the battle of Gettysburg.
- having once existed or lived in the real world, as opposed to being part of legend or fiction or as distinguished from religious belief:
Scholars doubt that a historical Camelot ever existed.
Her thesis was an overview of how theologians have studied the historical Jesus.
Synonyms: ,
- narrated or mentioned in history; belonging to the past:
He cited several historical examples of international conflict resolution.
- relating to or involving analysis based on a comparison among several periods of development of a phenomenon, as in language or economics:
She taught a course in historical linguistics.
historical
/ ɪˈɒɪə /
adjective
- belonging to or typical of the study of history
historical methods
- concerned with or treating of events of the past
historical accounts
- based on or constituting factual material as distinct from legend or supposition
- based on or inspired by history
a historical novel
- occurring or prominent in history
- a less common word for historic
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǰԱ, noun
- ˈٴǰ, adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of historical1
Example Sentences
The height of this wall needs to be put in historical context.
The Dodgers earned the privilege of being invited to the White House, a place of great historical significance to our country.
Robert Laffont Publishing says the authenticity of the documents cannot be questioned and they contain information of "major public and historical interest" to Libya, France, Scotland and the United States.
But it’s Alvin, engineer and historical enthusiast, who distinguishes that “every war story was a systems story, usually one of a breakdown. Intentions were always good; decisions made at scale.”
Ask a generative AI program for ‘historical’ footage and what you get could spell the end of documents and documentaries we can believe in.
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