historical continuity

language: en

definitions

  1. The unbroken connection or persistence of traditions, culture, identity, or social structures over a long period of time.
    en: The unbroken connection or persistence of traditions, culture, identity, or social structures over a long period of time.
  2. The academic concept that history consists of an uninterrupted sequence of cause-and-effect events rather than isolated incidents.
    en: The academic concept that history consists of an uninterrupted sequence of cause-and-effect events rather than isolated incidents.

examples

  1. These works of art became treasured possessions, passed down through families as symbols of cultural identity and historical continuity.

    These works of art became treasured possessions, passed down through families as symbols of cultural identity and historical continuity.

  2. Historians study the links between past and present to understand historical continuity.

    Historians study the links between past and present to understand historical continuity.