historicity

noun

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

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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 And as the series gets closer to its conclusion, the plot runs farther and farther from the facts, sacrificing historicity and even plausibility for genre-film excitement and culminating with a sting that catapults matters out of the real and into the ridiculous. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024 The show does ultimately take creative liberties to veer away from strict historicity. Anhar Karim, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 Participants, each with expertise in aspects of Mormonism, tackled controversial issues such as polygamy, the role of women in the church, homosexuality, the exclusion of Black members from the faith’s all-male priesthood until 1978, and problems with the Book of Mormon’s historicity. The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020 See all Example Sentences for historicity 

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 26 Nov. 2024.

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