historicality

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noun

The quality of being historical.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounhistoricality (countable and uncountable, plural historicalities)

plural historicalities

  1. uncountableThe quality of being historical.

    The Historicality of Individuals

    2005 Spring, Andrew Abbott, “The Historicality of Individuals”, in Social Science History, volume 29, number 1, →JSTOR, title, pages 1–13
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    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. countableA 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

Origin

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Chicago

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