historical

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to…

   Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.

   • July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
   • The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
   • For in the contexte historicalle [Latin: In historico... contextu], the rewle off lyvenge and forme of vertues moralle and the incentiue of manhode ȝiffe grete resplendence thro the diligence of croniclers.
2. 2

   Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.

   • Sith thou gaue to vs a floure most riall Redolent in cronicles with historicall syght.
3. 3

   Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.

   • The Royal Historical Society
   • The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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   1. 4

      Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"

      • historical-political
   2. 5

      A historical romance.

The neighborhood

• synonymhistorial
• synonymbygone
• synonymformer
• synonymold
• synonymancient
• synonympast
• antonymahistoricalantonym(s) of
• antonymanachronistic
• antonymmodernantonym(s) of
• antonymcontemporary
• antonympresent
• antonympresent-day
• antonymfutureantonym(s) of
• antonymprojected
• antonymexpected