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Definition 2024
oral_history
oral history
English
Noun
oral history (countable and uncountable, plural oral histories)
- (historiography) The collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.
- Oral tradition.
Translations
collection and study of orally transferred historical information
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oral tradition — see oral tradition