Histories
Records of events
Histories is the plural of history, referring to multiple accounts, records, or studies of past events.
Someone with multiple histories of substance abuse has repeated episodes.
Medical histories document a patient's health over time.
The term also refers to Shakespeare's history plays—dramatic works based on English kings: the Histories and the Tragedies.
In academia, histories may emphasize distinct narratives or perspectives: oral histories, feminist histories.
Written personal recollection
- biographyWritten life account
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
family tree · oral tradition · reminiscence · recollection · heritage · roots · legacy · narrative
Long-established customs passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- collective memoryCommunity's shared historical recall
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
indigenous knowledge · customs · rituals · colonialism · diaspora · migration · identity · preservation
Educational funding or erudition
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- archivesStored historical documents
- sourcesPoints of origin
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
primary documents · interpretation · analysis · periodization · narrative · revisionism · chronicles · annals
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- chartData shown visually
intake · anamnesis · case file · treatment · prognosis · clinical notes · allergies · medications
Attitudes toward situations
- voicesSounds producing speech
- counter-narrativesStories opposing dominant ones
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
revisionist · alternative · contested · parallel · intersecting · layered · silenced · recovered
memoir
Written personal recollection
lineage · family tree · oral tradition · reminiscence · recollection · heritage · roots · legacy · narrative · testimony
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- collective memoryCommunity's shared historical recall
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
mythology · indigenous knowledge · customs · rituals · colonialism · diaspora · migration · identity · preservation · storytelling
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
methodology · primary documents · interpretation · analysis · periodization · narrative · revisionism · chronicles · annals · monographs
patient records
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
chart · intake · anamnesis · case file · treatment · prognosis · clinical notes · allergies · medications · chronic illness
perspectives
Attitudes toward situations
- voicesSounds producing speech
- counter-narrativesStories opposing dominant ones
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
marginalized · revisionist · alternative · contested · parallel · intersecting · layered · silenced · recovered · rewritten
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- Greco-Persian WarsThermopylae, Marathon, Salamis, Xerxes, Darius
- ancient historiansHerodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Tacitus
- ancient textsscrolls, scroll, Euclid's Elements, Epic of Gilgamesh, codex
- Greek classicsHomer, Iliad, Plato, Odyssey, Aristotle
Historiesprophecies
Proclaimed future events
predictions · forecasts · futures · prognostications · divinations
Historiesfictions
Invented narratives
myths · legends · fantasies · fabrications · inventions
Historiescurrent events
Recent notable happenings
breaking news · the present · news · immediacies · headlines
- historical romanceLove story set historically
- historic mansionSignificant old grand residence
- historic voyageMemorable journey of significance
- historical markersSigns denoting significant past sites
- historical toursGuided visits to landmarks
- historical figureRenowned person from history
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