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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024his•tor•i•cism (hi stôr′ə siz′əm, -stor′-),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- World Historya theory that all cultural phenomena are historically determined and that historians must study each period without imposing any personal or absolute value system.
- World Historya profound or excessive respect for historical institutions, as laws or traditions.
- World Historya search for laws of historical evolution that would explain and predict historical phenomena.
- 1890–95; historic + -ism; compare German Historismus
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: historicism /hɪˈstɒrɪˌsɪzəm/ n - the belief that natural laws govern historical events which in turn determine social and cultural phenomena
- 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
- excessive emphasis on history, historicism, past styles, etc
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