historical authenticity

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandauthenticity

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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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authenticity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɔː.θenˈtɪs.ə.ti/
us
/ˌɑː.θenˈtɪs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being real ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandauthenticityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical authenticity

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Some interesting coincidences support thehistoricalauthenticityof such an occurrence, while identifying the most probable date.
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Curiously, this second moment of escape and fantasy is wherehistoricalauthenticityis most insistently marked.
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This will demonstrate how it is possible to validate and verify thehistoricalauthenticityof a plan unit.
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Thehistoricalauthenticityof buildings, monuments and cultural landscapes is generally equated with their time of construction and the 'original', usually economical or administrative use.
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Even though he freely admits that completehistoricalauthenticityis ultimately not achievable, he is adamant that striving for such a goal is no futile or unmusical exercise.
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In this sense, even in 'living traditions', we find a strong tendency towardshistoricalauthenticity, going back to the last contact with the culture of origin.
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Greig's response not only acceptshistoricalauthenticitybut also demonstrates the playwright's skill.
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In doing so, the traditions not only formulate a rhetoric ofhistoricalauthenticity, they also make a challenge to the historical past in demanding a meaningful hermeneusis of past events.
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It opposes the use of what it sees as invented forms of the language which lack anyhistoricalauthenticity.
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However, in many such cases theirhistoricalauthenticityis doubted.
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The series is noted for itshistoricalauthenticity.
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Multiple versions of this legend exist, all considered by historians to be myth or folklore lackinghistoricalauthenticity.
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The event focuses onhistoricalauthenticityand accuracy and is intended to educate the spectators about the events that happened there about 200 years ago.
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Thehistoricalauthenticityof the images are yet to be ascertained.
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There is no real evidence norhistoricalauthenticityabout what they say.
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Multiple accounts of this legend exist, and historians generally consider this to be nothing more than myth or folklore lackinghistoricalauthenticity.
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At the time it was considered a highly successful project, reconcilinghistoricalauthenticitywith urban-planning demands.
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There is no original preserved and itshistoricalauthenticityis disputed.
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