historicity

[ his-tuh-ris-i-tee ]

/ ˌhɪs təˈrɪs ɪ ti /

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noun

historical authenticity.

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Origin of historicity

1875–80; probably <French historicité.See historic, -ity

Words nearby historicity

historical present, historical school, historical sociology, historic episcopate, historicism, historicity, historicize, Historic Places Trust, historied, historiographer, historiography

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How to use historicity in a sentence

Numerous countries in Western Europe have made it a serious crime to question the historicity of the Holocaust.
Free Speech: A Cloistered Value?|Hussein Ibish|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But it was not safe to give up the idea of historicity altogether.
The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation|Ernst Von Dobschutz
Gietmann denies the historicity of Beatrice and declares that she typifies the Church.
Dante: "The Central Man of All the World"|John T. Slattery
Their complete silence is damaging beyond help to the historicity of Tell.
The Truth About Jesus is He a Myth?|M. M. Mangasarian

Titles are words, and we do not speak of the historicity or the non-historicity of words.
The Truth About Jesus is He a Myth?|M. M. Mangasarian
Meyer suspects the historicity of the first reign, of five years.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10|Various

British Dictionary definitions for historicity

historicity

/ (ˌhɪstəˈrɪsɪtɪ) /

noun

historical authenticity

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