annalismn.
/ˈanl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈænəˌlɪzəm/ The writing of annals; chronicling. In later use: esp. this or any method or style of history-writing viewed as superficial, inflexible, or uninteresting.
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annalism1808
chronicling1863
1808 W. Taylor Let. 31 Oct. in J. W. Robberds Life & Writings (1843) II. 222 It is philosophic history in the form of contemporary history, and unites the interest of coeval with the instruction of contemplated annalism.
1862 Illustr. Times 6 Dec. 519/2 We denounce with all our might the degradation of metrical forms to the purposes of mere annalism.
1892 G. H. Renall Genius of Greece 12 Greek genius passed almost at a bound from credulous and meagre annalism to the organic completeness which animates the work of Herodotus.
1955 Indiana Mag. Hist. 51 372 Such rigid annalism is guaranteed to convey few durable impressions.
2003 18th-cent. Thought 1 320 [He] sees the moralizing philosophic historians of the eighteenth century to have played a crucial role in the long transition from medieval annalism to modern analytic historical writing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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