historical accuracy

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandaccuracy

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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accuracy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæk.jə.rə.si/us
/ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/
the fact of being exact ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandaccuracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical accuracy

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I had neither the heart nor courage enough to disappoint him merely for the sake ofhistoricalaccuracy.
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For the purposes of this discussion, there is no real issue here beyondhistoricalaccuracy.
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Historicalaccuracynotwithstanding, hip-hop imagery and sounds are replete with references to 1970s politics.
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If in the 1780s musicians began to experiment with counterpoint, in the 1840s they increasingly aimed athistoricalaccuracy, and in the early twentieth century they again sought malleability.
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I, also, was not quite sure of thehistoricalaccuracyof his doctrine of pleasure.
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I think, from the point of view of stricthistoricalaccuracy, that is the position.
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If he is enumerating the kings inhistoricalaccuracy, he should begin where we shared the monarch, and not when we united the kingdom.
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He ought to have made certain that at leasthistoricalaccuracyshould be preserved.
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I have not come armed today with dates or with aids tohistoricalaccuracy.
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A bit ofhistoricalaccuracymight be helpful.
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Neither has much to do withhistoricalaccuracyor objectivity.
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I commend it for its tolerance and for itshistoricalaccuracy, with respect to the attitude of this country.
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But in the interest ofhistoricalaccuracyone is bound to add that it was not mainly designed for the promotion of morality.
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We must allowhistoricalaccuracyto bow to some extent before practical possibilities.
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If that be so, it should be our care to ensurehistoricalaccuracy.
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I only hope that next time they manage to agree—and it does not happen very often—they will do so with greater regard forhistoricalaccuracy.
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First, it is important to maintain thehistoricalaccuracyof the public register.
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I have not checked up itshistoricalaccuracy, but that is the statement that is made.
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