Synonyms for historical
hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr-his·tor·i·cal

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1. historicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   historic

2. historicaladjective

   Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

   Synonyms:
   historic

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1. historicaladjective

   of or relating to the study of history

   "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

   Antonyms:
   future, ahistorical, present(a), unreal

2. historicaladjective

   having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary

   "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

   Antonyms:
   present(a), unreal, future, ahistorical

3. historic, historicaladjective

   belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

   "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

   Antonyms:
   future, ahistorical, unreal, present(a)

4. diachronic, historicaladjective

   used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

   "diachronic linguistics"

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

   Antonyms:
   unreal, future, present(a), ahistorical

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1. List of paraphrases for "historical":

   historic, history, landmark, historique, background, histórico, historically, chronological, story, retrospective, past

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1. Larry Benson:

   Tsunamis can be very destructive when they strike densely populated areas, so an historical example should be a wake-up call against complacency.

2. Noam Chomsky:

   We can imagine a society in which no one could survive as a social being because it does not correspond to biologically determined perceptions and human social needs. For historical reasons, existing societies might have such properties, leading to various forms of pathology.

3. Wang Feng:

   >HONG KONG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Living under Chinas stringent COVID-19 restrictions for the past three years had caused Zhang Qi enough stress and uncertainty to consider not having babies in the country.When China abruptly dismantled its zero COVID regime last month to let the virus spread freely, the balance tilted to a definite No, the Shanghai-based e-commerce executive said.Stories about mothers and babies not being able to see doctors as medical facilities were overwhelmed by COVID infections were the final straw for Zhang.I heard that giving birth at a public hospital is just horrific. I really wouldn’t consider having a baby, the 31-year-old said.A glimpse of the scars caused by the pandemic to Chinas already bleak demographic outlook may come to light when it reports its official 2022 population data on Jan. 17.Some demographers expect Chinas population in 2022 to post its first drop since the Great Famine in 1961, a profound shift with far-reaching implications for the global economy and world order.New births for 2022 are set to fall to record lows, dropping below 10 million from last years 10.6 million babies - which were already 11.5% lower than in 2020.With this historical turn, China has entered a long and irreversible process of population decline, the first time in China and the worlds history.

4. Capital Economics:

   Europe is inherently a high unemployment region and some countries in particular - very high levels of unemployment compared to the UK or the U.S. or Japan, but in its own terms compared to its own historical performance, it is not too bad at the moment. I think it’s more likely to continue to fall gradually over the next year or two.

5. Kampei Shimoide:

   Our project is in no way whatsoever being undertaken in an attempt to glorify, romanticize or otherwise rationalize the historical legacy of (the pilots).