historiography
noun/hɪˌstɔriˈɑɡrəfi/
Frequency rank: #15,430 most common English word
Meaning
The study of how history is written, including the methods and interpretations historians use.
Example sentence
Her thesis explored how political bias has shaped historiography of the Second World War.
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