| ADJECTIVE | pert | historical | of or relating to the study of history |
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| all | historical | having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary | |
| all | historical, historic | belonging to the past | |
| all | historical, diachronic | used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time |
| Sounds | hhihstao'rihkahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to the study of history. | |
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| Opposite | ahistorical | unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition |
| Spanish | histórico | |
| Catalan | històric | |
| Nouns | historicalness | significance owing to its history |
| history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings | |
| Meaning | Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary. | |
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| Broader | real, existent | Being or occurring in fact or actuality |
| Spanish | histórico | |
| Nouns | historicalness | the state of having in fact existed in the past |
| Meaning | belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past. | |
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| Synonym | historic | |
| Broader | past | Earlier than the present time |
| Spanish | histórico | |
| Catalan | històric | |
| Nouns | historicalness | significance owing to its history |
| Adverbs | historically | throughout history |
| Meaning | Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time. | |
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| Synonym | diachronic | |
| Category | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
| Opposite | synchronic | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents |
| Spanish | diacrónica, diacrónico | |
| Catalan | diacrònic | |
| Nouns | historicalness | significance owing to its history |
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