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Words to describe history include descriptions of the period and type of history and adjectives designed to give some flavor to historical systems, events, places and people. For example, words may be designed to convey the oppressive, competitive, harsh or chaotic nature of history. In describing history, it can be helpful to examine how people at a time and place explained their own history. The following is a general vocabulary that may be helpful in describing history.
Active
Advancing
Adventurous
Adversarial
Affluent
Aggressive
Alarming
Ambiguous
Ambitious
Amiable
Ancient
Animated
Antiquity
Appalling
Archaic
Artistic
Authoritarian
Authoritative
Bizarre
Bold
Booming
Bountiful
Brave
Brilliant
Brutal
Burgeoning
Captivating
Catastrophic
Celebrated
Celebratory
Challenging
Chaotic
Chilling
Classical
Coercive
Cohesive
Collaborative
Collective
Colonialist
Colorful
Communal
Compassionate
Competitive
Complex
Complicated
Conflicting
Connected
Conquering
Consequential
Conservative
Contemporary
Controversial
Convoluted
Cooperative
Corrupt
Cosmopolitan
Courageous
Crafty
Creative
Critical
Crowded
Cryptic
Cultural
Curious
Cynical
Dangerous
Daring
Dark
Daunting
Dazzling
Debatable
Decadent
Decisive
Definitive
Deft
Delicate
Delightful
Demanding
Democratic
Dense
Depressing
Desperate
Despotic
Destructive
Detailed
Determined
Devastating
Developing
Dictatorial
Different
Difficult
Dignified
Diplomatic
Dire
Disastrous
Discerning
Disheartening
Disillusioned
Disordered
Disparate
Disruptive
Dissimilar
Distinct
Disturbing
Diverse
Dramatic
Dubious
Eccentric
Economic
Educational
Effective
Efficient
Egalitarian
Elaborate
Electrifying
Elegant
Elitist
Emotional
Empathetic
Encouraging
Endearing
Endless
Enigmatic
Enlightening
Epic
Equitable
Erratic
Essential
Estimable
Ethereal
Eventful
Ever-changing
Evolutionary
Exaggerated
Exciting
Exhausting
Expansive
Exploitative
Explosive
Expressive
Exquisite
Extensive
Extravagant
Factual
Faint
Faithful
Familiar
Fascinating
Fateful
Fearful
Fearsome
Fierce
Fiery
Final
Financial
Fitting
Flawed
Flexible
Flourishing
Fluid
Focused
Forceful
Fractious
Genuine
Global
Growing
Haphazard
Hard-fought
Harmonious
Harsh
Healthy
Helpful
Hierarchical
High-spirited
Hopeful
Imperial / Imperialist
Improving
Inclusive
Individualistic
Industrial
Inequitable
Innovative
Inspiring
Integrative
Intense
Interconnected
Intertwined
Intolerant
Involved
Joyful
Legendary
Liberal
Lively
Long
Long-forgotten
Long-lost
Machiavellian
Matriarchal
Medieval
Modern
Monumental
Moral
Multicultural
Mythical
Nightmarish
Oppressive
Pandemonium
Participatory
Passionate
Patriarchal
Peaceful
Pioneering
Political
Positive
Productive
Progressive
Proliferating
Prosperous
Proud
Purposeful
Random
Reforming
Religious
Renaissance
Resilient
Revolutionary
Robust
Rural
Ruthless
Safe
Satisfied
Scientific
Secure
Sincere
Social
Stable
Strategic
Striving
Structured
Successful
Supportive
Surprising
Sustainable
Synergetic
Technological
Tenacious
Tense
Thriving
Tolerant
Totalitarian
Tough
Traditional
Tumultuous
Tyrannical
Unified
United
Unjust
Upheaval
Upward
Urban
Vibrant
Visionary
Warring
Widespread
Youthful

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