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historiography

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɪˌstɒɹiˈɒɡɹəfi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /hɪˌstɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/
  • Scotland: /hɪˌstɔɾeˈɔɡɾəfe/
  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH0 S T AO2 R IY0 AA1 G R AH0 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The writing of history; a written history.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The study of the discipline and practice of history and the writings of past historians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the writing of history

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning

4

noun

Meaning 4

a body of historical literature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: literature

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English historio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English historiography From historio- + -graphy.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պատմագրություն (patmagrutʻyun) — writing of history
  • Catalan: historiografia — writing of history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 史料編纂法 /史料编纂法 (shǐliào biānzuǎnfǎ) — writing of history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 編史 /编史 (biānshǐ) — writing of history
  • Danish: historieskrivning — writing of history
  • Finnish: historiankirjoitus — writing of history
  • Finnish: kirjoitettu historia — writing of history
  • Galician: historiografía — writing of history
  • Georgian: ისტორიოგრაფია (isṭoriograpia) — writing of history
  • German: Geschichtsschreibung — writing of history
  • German: Historiografie — writing of history
  • Greek: ιστοριογραφία (istoriografía) — writing of history
  • Hungarian: történetírás — writing of history
  • Irish: staireagrafaíocht — writing of history
  • Irish: scríobh na staire — writing of history
  • Kazakh: тарихнама (tarixnama) — writing of history
  • Polish: historiografia — writing of history
  • Russian: историогра́фия (istoriográfija) — writing of history
  • Spanish: historiografía — writing of history
  • Tagalog: historyograpiya — writing of history
  • Turkish: tarihyazımı — writing of history
  • Turkish: historiyografi — writing of history
  • Vietnamese: sử chí — writing of history
  • Armenian: պատմագիտություն (patmagitutʻyun) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Catalan: historiografia — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歷史學 /历史学 (lìshǐxué) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 史學 /史学 (shǐxué) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Danish: historigrafi — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Dutch: geschiedschrijving — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Finnish: historiografia — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • French: historiographie — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Galician: historiografía — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Georgian: ისტორიოგრაფია (isṭoriograpia) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Greek: ιστοριογραφία (istoriografía) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Irish: staireagrafaíocht — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Kazakh: тарихнама (tarixnama) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Polish: historiografia — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Russian: историогра́фия (istoriográfija) — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Spanish: historiografía — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Tagalog: historyograpiya — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Turkish: tarihyazımı — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Turkish: historiyografi — study of the discipline and practice of history
  • Vietnamese: sử chí học — study of the discipline and practice of history
Real reading context

historiography in complete knowledge articles