minihistory

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English

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Etymology

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From mini- +‎ history.

Noun

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minihistory (plural minihistories)

  1. A brief history.
    • 2007 September 15, Martha Schwendener, “Bringing Out the Leading Lights in a Watercolor Show”, in New York Times[1]:
      With 80 works ranging from folksy illustrations to precisionist Dutch-inspired landscapes and loose 20th-century abstractions, it offers a minihistory of American painting but also challenges tired notions about watercolor as an amateur’s medium.