Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microhistory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-his-to-ry
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The most celebrated works of microhistory are Carlo Ginzberg's The Cheese and the Worms, a difficult but very rewarding, if contentious, exploration of popular belief and the impact of literacy in sixteenth-century Italy[…]"
"What is certain is that in “The Pattern in the Carpet,” Drabble eschews both chronology and raw autobiographical revelation for a more meandering approach that touches briefly on family pathology and private pain as it crisscrosses the centuries and unfolds the microhistory of jigsaw puzzles, an English invention, circa 1767."

Etymology

From micro- + history.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Usage

Inflected Forms

microhistories (plural)

Derived Forms

microhistorian microhistorical microhistorically

Antonyms

macrohistory

Questions

What does microhistory mean?: The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.
Where does microhistory come from?: From micro- + history.

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