historicity

[ his-tuh-ris-i-tee ]

noun

1. historical authenticity.

historicity

/ ˌhɪstəˈrɪsɪtɪ /

noun

1. historical authenticity

Word History and Origins

Origin of historicity¹

1875–80; probably < French historicité. See historic, -ity

Example Sentences

Numerous countries in Western Europe have made it a serious crime to question the historicity of the Holocaust.

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But it was not safe to give up the idea of historicity altogether.

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Gietmann denies the historicity of Beatrice and declares that she typifies the Church.

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Their complete silence is damaging beyond help to the historicity of Tell.

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Titles are words, and we do not speak of the historicity or the non-historicity of words.

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Meyer suspects the historicity of the first reign, of five years.

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