historicity

historicity

English

Etymology

Probably from French historicité,[1] or from Latin historicus +‎ -ity.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɪstəˈɹɪsɪti/
• Rhymes: -ɪsɪti

Noun

historicity (usually uncountable, plural historicities)

1. Historical quality or authenticity based on fact.

   The historicity of minor political figures of this period is often hard to establish due to a dearth of sources.

2. (philosophy) The characteristic of having appeared or developed in history, as opposed to being natural or universal.

   This particular school places great emphasis on the historicity of ideas, practices, or institutions.

Translations

historical quality

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: historiciteit (nl) f Finnish: historiallisuus French: historicité (fr) Kazakh: тарихилық (tarixilyq), тарихшылдық (tarixşyldyq) Portuguese: historicidade f Russian: историчность (ru) (istoričnostʹ) Swedish: historicitet (sv) c

characteristic of having appeared in history

Chinese: Mandarin: 史實性／史实性 (shǐshíxìng) Finnish: historiallisuus Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• historicality

References

1. “historicity”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
2. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “historicity”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• historicity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia