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n. - The state of having in fact existed in the past.

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  • Is it not obvious that she was a vain and desperate attempt by McCain to throw a bone to the ladies to lure them from Obama and offset his “historicalness” and...
  • "Maybe she chose him for -- for his historicalness," said my Mother.
  • Is it the historicalness or the popculturalness or is that just something one says these days?
  • Can a Teleprompter Share A Nobel Peace Prize? speech that was said by many to have much historicalness.
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