vēsturiskums

Latvian

Etymology

From vēsturisks (“historical”) +‎ -ums (with vēsturisks from vēsture (“history”) +‎ -isks).

Noun

vēsturiskums m (1st declension)

  1. historicity (the quality of that which is historical)
    vēsturiskumu sajūtams ne tikai stāstā par arheologiem ― historicity is felt not only in the story (told) by archaeologists
  2. historicity (principle for studying social phenomena, stressing their historical dimension)
    etnogrāfija, būdama vēstures zinātnes nozare, seko vēsturiskuma principam ― ethnography, being a branch of historical science, follows the principle of historicity

Declension

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