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historiography

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[hi-stawr-ee-og-ruh-fee, -stohr-] / hɪˌstɔr iˈɒg rə fi, -ˌstoʊr- /

noun

plural

historiographies

  1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.

  2. the body of techniques, theories, and principles of historical research and presentation; methods of historical scholarship.

  3. the narrative presentation of history based on a critical examination, evaluation, and selection of material from primary and secondary sources and subject to scholarly criteria.

  4. an official history.

    medieval historiographies.

Other Word Forms

  • historiographic adjective
  • historiographical adjective
  • historiographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of historiography

1560–70; < Middle French historiographie < Greek historiographía. See history, -o-, -graphy

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