Historicity

Pronunciation: /ˈhɪzˈtɔɹiˈsɪti/

Historicity (noun)

  1. The degree to which something is real and can be supported as part of the past.
  2. A measure of how strongly a claim or story seems to refer to actual events rather than invention.

Examples

  • The book argues for historicity as truth as history.
  • Her lecture explains historicity as truth as history for readers.