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historicity

[ his-tuh-ris-i-tee ]

noun

  1. historical authenticity.


historicity

/ ˌhɪstəˈrɪsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. historical authenticity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of historicity1

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

Numerous countries in Western Europe have made it a serious crime to question the historicity of the Holocaust.

But it was not safe to give up the idea of historicity altogether.

Gietmann denies the historicity of Beatrice and declares that she typifies the Church.

Their complete silence is damaging beyond help to the historicity of Tell.

Titles are words, and we do not speak of the historicity or the non-historicity of words.

Meyer suspects the historicity of the first reign, of five years.

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