historicism

noun

Etymology

Calque of German Historismus, historic + -ism.

  1. calqued from Historismus

Definitions

  1. A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.

  2. The use of historical styles in contemporary art.

  3. A method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which attempts to associate Biblical…

    A method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which attempts to associate Biblical prophecies with actual historical events and symbolic beings with historical persons or societies.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for historicism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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