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historical

[ hi-stawr-i-kuhl, -stor- ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events:

    historical records;

    historical research.

  2. based on or reconstructed from an event, custom, style, etc., in the past:

    a historical reenactment of the battle of Gettysburg.

  3. 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: factual, authentic

  4. narrated or mentioned in history; belonging to the past:

    He cited several historical examples of international conflict resolution.

  5. 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

/ hɪˈstɒrɪkəl /

adjective

  1. belonging to or typical of the study of history

    historical methods

  2. concerned with or treating of events of the past

    historical accounts

  3. based on or constituting factual material as distinct from legend or supposition
  4. based on or inspired by history

    a historical novel

  5. occurring or prominent in history
  6. a less common word for historic


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Derived Forms

  • hisˈtoricalness, noun
  • hisˈtorically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • his·tor·i·cal·ly adverb
  • his·tor·i·cal·ness noun
  • an·ti·his·tor·i·cal adjective
  • an·ti·his·tor·i·cal·ness noun
  • non·his·tor·i·cal adjective
  • non·his·tor·i·cal·ness noun
  • pseu·do·his·tor·i·cal adjective
  • qua·si-his·tor·i·cal adjective
  • sem·i·his·tor·i·cal adjective
  • su·per·his·tor·i·cal adjective
  • un·his·tor·i·cal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of historical1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin historic(us) historic ( def ) + -al 1( def )

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Example Sentences

Historical justifications for most modern celebrations can be found in the ancient world.

Hitchcock had the historical good fortune to have worked from silent films through television.

The central thrust of the sequence derives from historical fact.

If there was anyone who thought otherwise, he left no historical record.

“Unlike Turkey or Egypt, we have no art-historical tradition,” he told The Telegraph in 2002.

And I finished all with a brief historical account of affairs and events in England for about a hundred years past.

Eustache le Sueur died; one of the best French historical painters of his time.

He distinguished himself by several military exploits, and wrote some valuable historical works.

Samuel Squire, bishop of St. David's died; a poetical, historical and antiquarian writer of note.

Paul de Rapin de Thoyras, an eminent French historical writer, died.

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