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Whig histories

Whig histories is the plural of Whig history.

Meaning of Whig history

Noun

Whig history (countable and uncountable, plural Whig histories)

  1. An approach to historiography that presents history as a journey from an oppressive and benighted past to a “glorious present”.
    • He [William Cronon] concisely explains that Whig histories tend to "praise revolutions [for history of science, we could read novelties, ideas or individuals]^([sic]) provided they have been successful, emphasise certain principles of progress in the past and produce a story which is the...2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about Whig histories

What is Whig histories the plural of?
Whig histories is the plural of Whig history.

Words near Whig histories in the dictionary

  1. whiffy
  2. whiftier
  3. whiftiest
  4. whifty
  5. whig
  6. Whig histories
  7. Whig history
  8. whigga
  9. Whiggamore
  10. Whiggamores
  11. whiggas

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