historical circumstance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandcircumstance
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcircumstance.
historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
See more athistorical
circumstance
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
See more atcircumstance
(Definition ofhistoricalandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical circumstance
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
We contend that progress on this integration is slowed by a filigree ofhistoricalcircumstanceand assumptions that are no longer supportable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Personae are creatures ofhistoricalcircumstance; they emerge and disappear within specific contexts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There may well be something frustrating in evenhandedness, but there may also be a truth to complicatedhistoricalcircumstance, in which lineages are not clear.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What constraints dohistoricalcircumstance, institutional design and human nature place on the analysis of ideals such as justice?
From theCambridge English Corpus
I know full well that it is an area which, due tohistoricalcircumstance, has more than its share of derelict land.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thathistoricalcircumstancehas no longer any compelling validity, but it is true that our affairs are becoming extremely complicated.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Obviously, nohistoricalcircumstanceis exactly equal.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
An additional dimension that distinguishes township governments from municipalities is thehistoricalcircumstancesurrounding their formation.
From
Wikipedia
Although the world view and ethos of fundamentalism are the same cross-culturally, the cultural content of fundamentalism and the historical circumstances of its emergence differ.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is likely that the supply of active grandparents is currently particularly high, due to a combination of historical circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Concepts of identity, whether expressed through kinship relations, citizenship, or religious and national identity, are generated, chosen, and manipulated in specific historical circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These historical circumstances allow me to postpone dealing with the complex and understudied issue of when new parties and candidates enter the electoral fray.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We need also to consider the historical circumstances that gave rise to each facies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Museums are now at the centre of a triangle of curators' and visitors' concerns, and their historical circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this, it is apparent that biblical apocalypticism - more than simply a convenient rhetorical tool or metaphor - remained a mode of understanding historical circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The consideration of how ethnicity develops in historical circumstances is fashionable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Yet, each subject operates within specific social and historical circumstances to which natural theological investigations somehow respond.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The application of these frames of reference, though consistently present, varies depending upon specific historical circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Particular attention is given to the state and to local social and historical circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofhistorical
Go to the definition ofcircumstance
See other collocations withcircumstance