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trash heap of history

trash heap of history noun: a notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.

Noun

the trash heap of history

  1. (figuratively) A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
    • As I talked with Billy, it suddenly hit me that I needed to do something—no matter how minor—to save these stories from the trash heap of history.2012, Michael Bellesiles, A People's History of the U.S. Military, The New Press, →ISBN
    • My ONLY hero is Muhammad Mustafa SAW and whatever he gave us will prevail and every thing else that stands against it is doomed to be decimated and end up in the trash heap of history, as you put it.2016, Kaare Sørensen, quoting David Headley, The Mind of a Terrorist, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

trash heap of history meaning in Arabic and Persian

trash heap of history in Arabic

historical irrelevance
مَزْبَلَة التَّارِيخ

trash heap of history in Persian

historical irrelevance
زبالهدان تاریخ zobâle-dân-e târix

Synonyms of trash heap of history

Origin of trash heap of history

In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by Leon Trotsky in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).

Questions about trash heap of history

What does trash heap of history mean?
Trash heap of history means a notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
What is trash heap of history in Arabic?
Trash heap of history in Arabic is مَزْبَلَة التَّارِيخ. See Trash heap of history meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is trash heap of history?
Trash heap of history is a noun.

Words near trash heap of history in the dictionary

  1. trash fire
  2. trash fires
  3. trash fish
  4. trash fishes
  5. trash for brains
  6. trash heap of history
  7. trash heaps of history
  8. trash hose
  9. trash ice
  10. trash line
  11. trash man

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