Definitions for historicism

historicism his·tor·i·cism

Spelling: [hi-stawr-uh-siz-uh m, -stor-]
IPA: /hɪˈstɔr əˌsɪz əm, -ˈstɒr-/

Historicism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 430 anagrams from letters in historicism (chiiimorsst).

Definitions for historicism

noun

  1. a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
  2. a theory that all cultural phenomena are historically determined and that historians must study each period without imposing any personal or absolute value system.
  3. a profound or excessive respect for historical institutions, as laws or traditions.
  4. a search for laws of historical evolution that would explain and predict historical phenomena.

Origin of historicism

1890-95; historic + -ism; compare German Historismus

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