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Antonyms for unhistorical

Grammar : Adj
Spell : hi-stawr-i-kuhl, -stor-
Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr-

Definition of unhistorical

Origin :
  • early 15c. (earlier in same sense was historial, late 14c.), from Latin historicus (from Greek historikos "historical, of or for inquiry," from historia; see history) + -al (1). Related: Historically.
  • As in legendary : adj fictitious but well known
Example sentences :
  • Byron's Doge is almost, if not quite, as unhistorical as his Bonivard or his Mazeppa.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 » by Lord Byron
  • It is only a play upon words to say they are "parables" for parables are not unhistorical.
  • Extract from : « The Other Side of Evolution » by Alexander Patterson
  • They say your fencing is unhistorical; no doubt it is so, and you knew it.
  • Extract from : « Letters to Dead Authors » by Andrew Lang
  • Mysticism is here conceived as unethical, unhistorical, and unrational.
  • Extract from : « Theology and the Social Consciousness » by Henry Churchill King
  • As Eucken says, 'Ancient views of life bore throughout an unhistorical character.
  • Extract from : « The Unity of Civilization » by Various
  • An apologetic tendency is perceptible in the Gospel account, and this may help to explain the rise of unhistorical elements.
  • Extract from : « The Churches and Modern Thought » by Philip Vivian
  • And they worked this unhistorical belief to its breaking point in their Biblical exegesis.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • It is no longer safe to reject a narrative as "unhistorical" simply on the ground of the imperfection of our own knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations » by Archibald Sayce
  • It is unhistorical to confound the Dorians with the Spartans, who were a specially trained section of the Dorian stock.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • The Hebrews were unhistorical and did not appreciate, nor apparently care to preserve, their secular history.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various

Synonyms for unhistorical

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