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Synonyms for unhistoric


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hi-stawr-ik, -stor-
Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈstɔr ɪk, -ˈstɒr-

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Définition of unhistoric

Origin :
  • 1660s, probably a back-formation from historical, perhaps influenced by French historique. What is historic is noted or celebrated in history; what is historical deals with history.
  • As in legendary : adj fictitious but well known
Example sentences :
  • This unhistoric conception had its effects also in the domain of history.
  • Extract from : « Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy » by Frederick Engels
  • There is a valid excuse for preferring to address the unhistoric mind.
  • Extract from : « The History of Freedom » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
  • They were said to be very wide-spread, but the tales connecting them with Italy are all unhistoric.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • Then came the hand-barrow race, with that unhistoric vehicle about which poets never sing.
  • Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine
  • But this fact may most easily have been overlooked in uncritical and unhistoric times.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel » by F. W. Farrar
  • And yet again, the historic fact is the final consequence of unhistoric or unknown facts.
  • Extract from : « Anatole France » by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
  • The reader may be glad to know what my brother felt about retaining the unhistoric passages of Scripture.
  • Extract from : « The Fair Haven » by Samuel Butler

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