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historical linguistics
historical materialism
historical novel
historical school
historically
historicise
historicism
historicity
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historicocritical
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history list
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histrionic personality disorder
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historicize
his·tor·i·cize [ hi stáwrə sz ] (past and past participle his·tor·i·cized, present participle his·tor·i·ciz·ing, 3rd person present singular his·tor·i·ciz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
make something seem true: to give something the appearance of historical truth

his·tor·i·ci·za·tion [ hi stàwrəssi záysh'n ] noun
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