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Uncommon
adj
•
Of,
concerning
, or
in accordance with
recorded
history
, (particularly)
as opposed to
legends
,
myths
, and
fictions
.
•
In Art & Literature:
About
history
;
depicting
persons
or
events
from
history
.
•
In Art & Literature:
Of,
concerning
, or
in accordance with
the past
generally
.
Set in
the past
.
•
Of,
concerning
, or
in accordance with
the past
generally
.
Former
,
erstwhile
; (religious,
obsolete
)
lapsed
,
nominal
.
•
In Grammar:
Of,
concerning
, or
in accordance with
the past
generally
.
One of various
tenses
or
moods
used to
tell
about
past
events
,
historic
(tense).
•
In Biology:
Of,
concerning
, or
in accordance with
the past
generally
.
Synonym
of
hereditary
or
evolutionary
.
•
Of,
concerning
, or
in accordance with
the
scholarly
discipline
of
history
.
Done in
the
manner
of a
historian
:
written
as a development
over time
or
in accordance with
the
historical method
.
Synonym
of
historic
: important or
likely
to be important to
history
and
historians
.
•
Forming
compound
adjectives
with the
meaning
"historical/~" or "historically"
noun
•
A
historical
romance
.
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Similar
bygone
ancient
past
olden
old
former
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geography
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Opposite
modern
ahistorical
expected
projected
present
contemporary
future
anachronistic
present-day
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English
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English
historic
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