transhistorical
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- adjective
- /ˌtrænshɪˈstɔrɪkəl/
- Formal
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transhistórico
- "As in Dante's Commedia, the lost souls in his books wander like ghosts in a vast transhistorical terrain of suffering and death.
- transhistorical trauma
- transhistorical dislocation
- transhistorical category
Examples
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The concept of justice is often considered to have transhistorical significance, relevant to all human societies throughout time.
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Are there certain transhistorical themes that alter only superficially?
Academic text (1995) -
From the very start, however, the work is also apostrophized in its ideal, transhistorical aspect:
Academic text (2007) -
The Move to the Transhistorical Ungendered Reign of God
Academic text (2005) -
Read closely followed Le Corbusier's arguments about the transhistorical affinity between works of art.
Academic text (2000) -
Liberal education rises and falls on the possibility of transtemporal, transhistorical, transcultural truth.
Academic text (1990) -
Many today may wish to revitalize Foucault's and others' practices of transhistorical analysis in order to understand a historical present defined by anthropogenic climate change.
Academic text (2016) -
Therefore, instead of assuming that Studio Ghibli's brand is a transhistorical entity, I want to examine the studio's historical trajectory, focusing on its earliest moments.
Academic text (2018) -
Moreover, Social Construction has gone too far in seeking to discourage transhistorical and cross-cultural investigations of homosexual desire.
Academic text (1995) -
Wilson-Kastner and McFague represent the feminist preference for transhistorical categories in cosmic Christology.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
Relating to the temple area of the head or to events across different times
Not limited to any time in history
How Timeless
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Surface Forms
Morphology
transhistorical = historical (transparent) = trans + history + ical
Adding the productive prefix 'trans-' (across/beyond) to the adjective 'historical' yields the straightforward meaning 'across or beyond history'; the composition is semantically clear though the term is academic and infrequent.
Etymology
Transhistorical comes from the parts trans-, like in transport, meaning 'across', and history, meaning 'time' or 'the past'. So something transhistorical is an idea or theme that goes 'across time' and applies in many different times and places.