historicityn.
/ˌhɪstəˈrɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌhɪstəˈrɪsᵻdi/ The fact, quality, or character of being situated in history; esp. historical accuracy or authenticity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > historical character
historicalness1664
historicity1854
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > historical truth
historicalness1664
historicity1854
1854 Eclectic Rev. Feb. 154 So far as the indictment against the genuineness and historicity of the Acts is concerned, its gravamen may be summed up in three counts.
1880 J. Fenton Early Hebrew Life 9 These stories are of doubtful historicity.
1946 W. M. Ivins Art & Geom. ii. 16 That time..was one in which there was little understanding of the relativity and historicity of ideas and expression.
1966 Listener 22 Sept. 427/2 The historicity or otherwise of the Atlantis myth.
1995 Amer. Scientist July 384/3 His call for social theorists to recognize the historicity of objects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1854- in a large measure
- in a league of one's own
- in a light fire
- in a little
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- in a lump
- in a mammering
- in a manner
- in a manner of speaking
- in a mard
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- in a maze
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- in a merry pin
- in a milliard
- in a million
- in a mistake
- in a moment
- in a moment of
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- in a monosyllable
- in a morning