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annalism

noun

The writing of annals.

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8
Starts with
A
Ends with
M
Contains
NN
Scrabble score
10

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noun

  1. The writing of annals.

    “Herodotus is so rich a master of anecdote, asides, anticipations, reflexions, anachronisms, and all the ancillary devices of story-telling, that his work never presents the bald mechanics of a chronicle, the bare bones of mere annalism.”

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Herodotus is so rich a master of anecdote, asides, anticipations, reflexions, anachronisms, and all the ancillary devices of story-telling, that his work never presents the bald mechanics of a chronicle, the bare bones of mere annalism.

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