Historicity

//ˌhɪstəˈɹɪsɪti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Historical quality or authenticity based on fact. uncountable, usually

    "The historicity of minor political figures of this period is often hard to establish due to a dearth of sources."

  2. 2
    The characteristic of having appeared or developed in history, as opposed to being natural or universal. uncountable, usually

    "This particular school places great emphasis on the historicity of ideas, practices, or institutions."

Synonyms

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accomplished factactualityauthenticityeternal veritiesfactfactuality

Example

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"Japanese use a lot of sinograms. Many sinograms have a categorizing radical along with a phonetic hint radical, historically for Chinese. Sometimes, Japanese borrow a sinogram and pronounce it with a Japanese native reading, so the original Chinese historicity becomes semi-irrelevant. In a way, Japanese writing is a real mishmash."

Etymology

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

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