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historicality

Syllables: his·to·ri·cal·i·tyUK/(h)ɪˌstɒɹɪˈkælɪti/

historicality noun: the quality of being historical.

Noun

historicality (countable and uncountable, plural historicalities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being historical.
    • Relevant research findings that demonstrate the confluence of scholarly thought concerning historicality across five[…]domains are presented[…].1992 April, James H. Wandersee, “The historicality of cognition: Implications for science education research”, in Journal of Research in Science Teaching, volume 29, number 4, →DOI, abstract
    • But, its historicality is related to the one who makes them happen.2000, Vensus A. George, The Experience of Being as Goal of Human Existence: The Heideggerian Approach, CRVP, →ISBN, page 124
  2. (countable) A historic property.
    • These essayists show their strong commitment to[…]projects, which[…]will not forget their necessary ties to historicalities much too compounded[…].2001, Rey Chow, Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field, Duke University Press, →ISBN, Afterword, page 313

Forms of historicality

pluralhistoricalities

Origin of historicality

From historical + -ity.

Questions about historicality

What does historicality mean?
Historicality means the quality of being historical.
What part of speech is historicality?
Historicality is a noun.
How do you pronounce historicality?
Historicality is pronounced /(h)ɪˌstɒɹɪˈkælɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of historicality?
The plural of historicality is historicalities.

Words near historicality in the dictionary

  1. historical-critical
  2. historical-grammatical
  3. historicalist
  4. historicalists
  5. historicalities
  6. historicality
  7. historicalization
  8. historicalizations
  9. historically
  10. historicalness
  11. historicals

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