historical
Use Historical in a sentence
ɪ adjective
1.
of, pertaining 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: to doubt that a historical Camelot ever existed; a theologian's study of the historical Jesus.
4.
narrated or mentioned in history; belonging to the past.
5.
noting or pertaining to analysis based on a comparison among several periods of development of a phenomenon, as in language or economics.
6.
historic ( def 1 ).
Related forms
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·ly, adverb
an·ti·his·tor·i·cal·ness, noun
non·his·tor·i·cal, adjective
non·his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·his·tor·i·cal·ness, noun
pseu·do·his·tor·i·cal, adjective
pseu·do·his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
qua·si-his·tor·i·cal, adjective
qua·si-his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·his·tor·i·cal, adjective
sem·i·his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
su·per·his·tor·i·cal, adjective
su·per·his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·his·tor·i·cal, adjective
un·his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
Synonyms
3. documented, authentic, factual, attested.
3. documented, authentic, factual, attested.
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| —adj | |
| 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 |
| his'torically | |
| —adv | |
| his'toricalness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
After it has happened, the historical critics busy themselves in explaining it.
Seeing the future purely in terms of group characteristics and historical experience can certainly immobilize policy.
He points out the fallacies involved in the purely historical and the purely personal estimates.
No intelligible sound recovered from a historical tinfoil recording has ever been published.
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