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- Dictionaryhis·to·ric·i·ty/ˌhistəˈrisədē/
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- 1. historical authenticity: "an effort to assert the historicity of poetry and the political power of poets"
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The historical actuality of persons or events
Historicity is the historical actuality of persons and events, meaning the quality of being part of history instead of being a historical myth, legend, or fiction. The historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status. Historicity denotes historical actuality, authenticity, factuality and focuses on the true value of knowledge claims about the past. Some theoreticians characterize histor... Wikipedia