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
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a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
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a theory that all cultural phenomena are historically determined and that historians must study each period without imposing any personal or absolute value system.
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a profound or excessive respect for historical institutions, as laws or traditions.
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a search for laws of historical evolution that would explain and predict historical phenomena.
Origin of historicism
1890-95; historic + -ism; compare German Historismus