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historical

• (a) of or relating to the study of history
  • historical scholars
  • a historical perspective
• (s) having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
  • the historical Jesus
  • doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
  • actual historical events
• (s) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
  • historic victories
  • historical (or historic) times
  • a historical character
  historic,
• (a) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
  • diachronic linguistics
  diachronic,

Synonyms

historic diachronic

Antonyms

ahistorical synchronic

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