historical study

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandstudy

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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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study
noun
uk
/ˈstʌd.i/us
/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandstudyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical study

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As anhistoricalstudyof the relationship between liberalism and empire, however, it is flawed, mainly due to the scope of its claims.
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He offers no contribution to the macrosociological orhistoricalstudyof organisational structures, leaders, party members or electors.
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Awareness of language in children who have reading difficulties : a longitudinal,historicalstudy.
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Nevertheless, thehistoricalstudyof independency has been limited.
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Apart from the conceptual tools outlined here, a closehistoricalstudyof state-society relations also requires drawing on a wide range of sources.
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In order to understand why they do, he embarks on an exhaustive comparativehistoricalstudy.
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The value ofhistoricalstudyhas long been recognised as a means of understanding contemporary developments.
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Through thehistoricalstudyof the policy of party in government we see the potential for political action being realised.
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It is neither ahistoricalstudynor a literary analysis.
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The book is a stimulating source forhistoricalstudy.
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It would be difficult to avoid quantification in ahistoricalstudyof voting behavior or income distribution, for example.
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This leads us to an embarrassing question - at what point does ethnohistory (ethnohistorical study) differ from history (historicalstudy).
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This book is both a tale of decolonization - it is telling many stories - and a systematic and imaginatively conceivedhistoricalstudy.
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The primary task of any comparativehistoricalstudyshould be to make this clear, and indeed that is an additional concern of this paper.
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This approach is convincing and meets the requirements for a criticalhistoricalstudy.
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It is a vital reassessment of the field, which shows that there is much to be learned by integratinghistoricalstudywith dialectal investigation.
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Thehistoricalstudyof pain in the past has met with an additional difficulty.
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The issue of stability has long formed the focus forhistoricalstudyand debate.
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How communities squared this circle is the focus of this extremely well-written and thoughtfulhistoricalstudy.
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