historplex

It is an unjustified superiority complex about a race based on historical events that no living generation accomplished;When people from a country- based on the historical achievements of their culture- act like they still deserve respect for things people did in generations that aren't even living anymore.

" Greeks have one of the worst cases of historplex ever. All they ever do is bemoan about how they invented astronomy, philosophy, etc. What the hell have they done in the past.. I don't know 1000 years?"

by Greek Fire 8 April 7, 2009

Historical Correctness

The term Historical Correctness( commonly abbreviated HC) is the opposite of Political Correctness, it is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to prove Facts over opinions. the term has come to refer to encouraging language or behavior that can be seen as including, Non-marginalizing, or Non-insulting groups of people considered advantaged or Non-discriminated against, especially groups defined by no sex or race. In public discourse and the media, it is generally used as a compliment, implying that these policies are historically Correct and that Facts are more real than imaginary. It is also used to prove that something that happened a long time back, is more Historically Correct than politically incorrect, therefore discontinuing the notion that something was offensive, but rather is was Historically Correct in that timeframe.

Historical Correctness defines that Men in the 20th Century were mostly in Charge for a lot of stuff. To say otherwise would be Historically Incorrect.

by Poxnaximus December 6, 2018

Historical

It's a word that's used to describe your grandma

Your grandma is Historical

by Burger_boi69420 September 3, 2019

post-historic times

the era following the post-modern era. As new media provides instant documentation of events both large and small, and all recordings of earlier historic records are contained online, this era will be one in which our understanding of time and global events will be within the context of momentary and fleeting bits of information.

Study of history will be a fluid and all-encompassing creative work.

the New York Times? man, that's such a post-historic times entity...

by ms.MarthaG June 27, 2011

historical fiction

A story that takes place either during the American Revolution or the American Civil War. All works of historical fiction are limited to these two topics. Why else would we have so many books about these two wars?

Student: Was "All Quiet on the Western Front" historical fiction?

Teacher: Nah, no one was wearing period clothing.

by Minhdzuy November 29, 2010

historical phonology

The phenology of sound as the only artifact of the past.

The successor to the dialectical materialism of Karl Marx.

Historical phonology is the Saussurean recursion over Marxism's historical materialism.

by tomorrowtomorrow January 18, 2019

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.

by Zagaloo November 25, 2009