historical phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandphenomenon
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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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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical phenomenon
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The author raises several questions as to the validity of thehistoricalphenomenonof urban decline in the third century ad.
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If it were easier to follow up such items, this work would provide a useful point of entry into anhistoricalphenomenonof huge significance.
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Far from being assumed, then, ethnicity was political, contingent and circumstantial, ahistoricalphenomenon that called for analysis of how and why it was mobilized in specific situations.
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Champaklakshmi does not subscribe to the much-debated thesis of urban decay, which is believed to be a generalhistoricalphenomenonin the subcontinent in the post-third century ad.
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However, it is also ahistoricalphenomenon.
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If that is not cause and effect, it is anhistoricalphenomenonthat invites scientific study.
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It is an interestinghistoricalphenomenonthat out of the strains and stresses of war there often emerge the brightest hopes for the peace that is to follow.
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He characterized the movement as an unsympathetichistoricalphenomenon, a movement foredoomed to failure, which soon became a burden to itself.
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But once ethnicity is recognised as historical, it is an inherently unstable concept, for historical phenomena are subject to change.
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However, this should not be taken to infer that historical phenomena are bounded at distinct levels (sites, regions, or whatever).
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Most theorists associated with the movement actively refused the label, preferring to accept postmodernity as ahistoricalphenomenonrather than a method of analysis, if at all.
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As historical phenomena, identity-based politics may develop as challenges to hegemonic processes that constitute differences practically while denying them discursively.
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The purpose of the ideal type was to provide a path to accessing and understanding social and historical phenomena.
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The claim that bodies, gender, and sexuality were redefined because of debates regarding representational politics tends to subsume a wide range of historical phenomena under one.
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Culture, like other historical phenomena, does not come from some kind of homogenous shared identity but rather, it is indicative of antagonisms, conflicts and cultural domination.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Culture, like all historical phenomena, is not founded on any homogenous and shared identity: quite the contrary, it is the expression of antagonisms, conflicts and situations of cultural domination.
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The exhibitions, which are mostly interdisciplinary in character, focus on historical phenomena, contemporary tendencies and innovative approaches.
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These additions help familiarize the reader with historical phenomena by offering different perspectives.
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In this framework, historical phenomena were interpreted as they related to the development of the nation-state; the state was projected into the past.
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