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HISTORICISM

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his⋅tor⋅i⋅cism

  [hi-stawr-uh-siz-uhm, -stor-]
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–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:
1890–95; historic + -ism; cf. G Historismus

Related forms:
his⋅tor⋅i⋅cist, noun, adjective
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his·tor·i·cism   (hĭ-stôr'ĭ-sĭz'əm, -stŏr'-)   
n.  

  1. A theory that events are determined or influenced by conditions and inherent processes beyond the control of humans.

  2. A theory that stresses the significant influence of history as a criterion of value.

  3. Art & Architecture The deliberate use or revival of historical styles in contemporary works.

  4. Philosophy The view that historical periods should be studied without imposing anachronistic categories of evaluation.

his·tor'i·cist adj. & n.
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