单词 | historicize |
释义 | historicizev. 1. transitive. To make (a person or thing) historical or the subject of a history; to situate in a historical context. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > describe truly [verb (transitive)] > represent as historic historicize1822 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > represent as historic historicize1822 1822 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 521/2 Mr. Gage belongs to the family here historicized, of ancient baronets. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. iv. 123 Here again he historicises various features of the old legend. 1922 L. M. Sweet Rom. Emperor Worship iii. 51 The identification of Romulus with Mars is a striking instance of the strong tendency among the Romans to historicize their myths. 1981 F. Jameson Polit. Unconscious (1982) 9 Always historicize! This slogan—the one absolute and we may even say ‘transhistorical’ imperative of all dialectical thought—will unsurprisingly turn out to be the moral of The Political Unconscious as well. 2001 Isis 92 413/1 As we have done in the case of AIDS, we must historicize past epidemic episodes. ΚΠ 1887 St. James's Gaz. 24 Dec. 7/2 The author..moralizes and historicizes, so to say. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1822 |
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