the belief that natural laws govern historical events which in turn determine social and cultural phenomena
2.
the doctrine that each period of history has its own beliefs and values inapplicable to any other, so that nothing can be understood independently of its historical context
3.
the conduct of any enquiry in accordance with these views
4.
excessive emphasis on history, historicism, past styles, etc
Derived forms
historicist (hisˈtoricist)
noun, adjective
Examples of 'historism' in a sentence
historism
The authors substantiate the idea of the pluralistic approach in different types of historism in education.
Gerashchenko Igor Germanovich, Gerashchenko Natalya Vladimirovna 2017, 'Types of historicism in the course of the personality's formation', Studia Humanitatishttp://st-hum.ru/en/node/607/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)