historical, adj.
freq. cnt. 21
freq. cnt. 21
of or relating to the study of history
<adj.pert> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11
historical
sample sentences
"historical scholars""a historical perspective"
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derivationally related form
antonym
derived from/pertains to
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
historic historical
sample sentences
"historic victories""historical (or historic) times"
"a historical character"
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
historical
sample sentences
"the historical Jesus""doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"
"actual historical events"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
diachronic historical
sample sentences
"diachronic linguistics"
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derivationally related form
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domain of synset (topic)