historicizationn.
/hɪˌstɒrᵻsʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /hɪˌstɔrəsəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /hɪˈstɔrəˌsaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of historicizing a person or thing; the situating of something or someone in a historical context. Cf. historicize v. 1.In quot. 1890: that which provides the historical context for something.
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1890 Presbyterian Q. Oct. 519 Supernaturalism is identified with the person of our divine Lord. He is its strength and its historicization.
1917 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 21 282 (note) This historicization of this combined festival began some time before D, for already the JE account of the festival associates it with the Exodus.
1978 T. A. Brady Ruling Class, Regime & Reformation i. 12 The historicization of Luther and his works..now gave way before the effort to keep Luther's ideas free from the social and other historical elements which relativize the thought of lesser men.
2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 17 An understanding of the context of phrenology's origins is essential to the historicization of the movement as a whole.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1890- walnut
- walnut avenue
- walnut bed
- walnut comb
- walnut garden
- walnut leaf
- walnut sideboard
- water cabbage
- water calla
- water caltrop
- water caltrops
- water camlet
- water candlestick
- water canker
- water cannon
- water carriage
- water carriage system
- water carrier
- water cart
- water cask
- water castle
- water cat's-tail
- water cat'stail
- water cavy
- water cedar