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histophyly |
historial |
historian |
historic |
historic period |
historical
| historical document
| historical linguistics
| historical paper
| historical period
| historical present
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historical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective historical has 4 senses
- historical(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective" Antonym: ahistorical
- historical(s = adj.all) Array - having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events" Derived form noun historicalness1
- historical(s = adj.all) historic - belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" Derived form noun historicalness2
- historical(a = adj.all) diachronic - used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" Derived form noun historicalness2
Derived forms noun historicalness2, noun history3
CIDE DICTIONARY
historical, 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. [1913 Webster]" There warriors frowning in historic brass." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [WordNet 1.5] - Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character. [WordNet 1.5]
- Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of
prehistoric . [WordNet 1.5] - Same as diachronic. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
historical, adj.
1 of or concerning history (historical evidence).
2 belonging to history, not to prehistory or legend.
3 (of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period.
4 belonging to the past, not the present.
5 (of a novel, a film, etc.) dealing or professing to deal with historical events.
6 in connection with history, from the historian's point of view (of purely historical interest).
1 of or concerning history (historical evidence).
2 belonging to history, not to prehistory or legend.
3 (of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period.
4 belonging to the past, not the present.
5 (of a novel, a film, etc.) dealing or professing to deal with historical events.
6 in connection with history, from the historian's point of view (of purely historical interest).
Derivative
historically adv.
THESAURUS
historical
absolute, actual, admitting no question, ascertained, attested, authentic, authenticated, autobiographical, biographical, categorically true, certain, certified, chronologic, confirmable, confirmed, corroborated, de facto, demonstrable, demonstratable, demonstrated, determined, documentary, documented, effectual, established, factual, for real, genuine, hagiographic, historic, historied, historiographic, honest-to-God, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, legendary, martyrologic, not in error, objectively true, positive, provable, proved, real, recorded, reliable, self-evident, substantial, substantiated, sure-enough, testable, traditional, true, true as gospel, truthful, unanswerable, unconfutable, unconfuted, undeniable, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unimpeachable, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefutable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verifiable, verified, veritable
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