historicity

noun

his·​to·​ric·​i·​ty ˌhi-stə-ˈri-sə-tē How to pronounce historicity (audio)
: historical actuality

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Music seizes the reins and detonates the studied historicity viewers expect from stories about 20th-century music, pausing to highlight points the reader normally catches in articles about a movie rather than scenes in it: Yes, the blues begat both DOOM and doom. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025 The size, scale, provenance, historicity, and repair status are just a few examples of things to consider prior to purchasing. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024 To keep him in power is not only a vile curse upon the positive welfare of America, but a lamentable devaluing of our Jewish reasoning, empathy, and historicity. — Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024 That’s a fundamental aspect of Judaism, not a religious aspect but a link with universalism, with historicity. — Armond White, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for historicity

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First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of historicity was in 1880

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“Historicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historicity. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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