historical

adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to the character of history.
   2. Based on or concerned with events in history.
   3. Used in the past: historical costumes; historical weapons.
2. Important or famous in history. See Usage Note at historic.
3. Diachronic.

historically his·tor'i·cal·ly adv.
historicalness his·tor'i·cal·ness n.

adj

Definition: actually having happened
Antonyms: contemporary, fictional

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IN BRIEF: Based on real people or events of the past.

I'm fascinated by historical trivia. — Gary Apple

Tutor's tip: The "historical" (refers to history; from the past) novel's main character was often "hysterical" (extremely emotional).

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to the study of history
  Pertains to noun: history (meaning #4)

Meaning #2: of what is important or famous in the past
  Synonym: historic
  Pertains to noun: history (meaning #3)

Meaning #3: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary

Meaning #4: belonging to the past
  Synonym: historic

Meaning #5: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
  Synonym: diachronic

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Historical

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - historisk, historie-

idioms:

• historical fiction    historisk fiktion

Nederlands (Dutch)
historisch, geschiedkundig, waar gebeurd, naar waarheid verteld

Français (French)
adj. - historique

idioms:

• historical fiction    fiction historique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - historisch, geschichtlich

idioms:

• historical fiction    Roman auf Basis geschichtlicher Ereignisse

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιστορικός, (μτφ.) μνημειώδης

idioms:

• historical fiction    ιστορικό μυθιστόρημα

Italiano (Italian)
storico

idioms:

• historical fiction    romanzo storico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - histórico

idioms:

• historical fiction    romance (m) histórico

Русский (Russian)
исторический, исторически достоверный

idioms:

• historical fiction    историческое предназначение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - histórico, memorable

idioms:

• historical fiction    ficción histórica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - historisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
历史的, 历史上的, 史实的

idioms:

• historical fiction    历史小说

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 歷史的, 歷史上的, 史實的

idioms:

• historical fiction    歷史小說

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 역사상의, 역사적인, 역사에 바탕을 둔

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 歴史の, 歴史上の, 史実に基づく, 歴史的な

idioms:

• historical fiction    歴史的フィクション

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تاريخي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮היסטורי‬

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