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historicide 

The murder of history; accomplished when a historian leans too far to the postmodernist/relativist or too far to the scientific/objectivist side of the spectrum.
Gibbon nearly committed historicide back there. Thank goodness Ranke has sorted us all out.
historicide by Zagaloo November 25, 2009
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historicism

Phenology in which the process-of-ontologization (making-of) of an object demonstrates itself in the final object as a narrative (motif (product)).

Part of the historicist (heuristicist) sequence: materialism, constructivism, and substantivism (substantialism).
"Heuristicism is a morpheme of the word "historicism."
historicism by tomorrowtomorrow January 20, 2019

historicality 

Historicality
historicality by Goofy Ahh Boy April 30, 2023