historiography
/hɪˌstɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The study of the discipline and practice of history and the writings of past historians.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "As was mentioned on p.31, value-judgments are generally considered the most conspicuous source of subjectivity in historiography."
- "We limited the discussion to historiographies examining the development of the modern Middle East from World War I onward."
- "This article examines the usages of the notion of “revival” in the context of nineteenth-century Balkan history and, more precisely, in different national historiographies in the region."
- "In its broadest sense, historiography has to do with the process of historical writing, the identification and use of source material, and the techniques and methods applied to the analysis of these data."
- "Consistently the most underestimated and neglected debate in recent British historiography is that between Perry Anderson and Edward Thompson conducted in the mid-1960s in the pages of the New Left Review and the Socialist Register."
- "Thus in this brief and schematic survey of modern Indian historiography an emphasis is placed on the role of the concept of the Indian nation in the writing of Indian history; this will provide contextual knowledge for the following chapters."
Etymology
Etymology tree English historio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English historiography From historio- + -graphy.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɪˌstɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/
- British English: /hɪˌstɒɹiˈɒɡɹəfi/