historism
nounEtymology
From German Historismus.
- borrowed from Historismus
Definitions
An influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected…
An influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected universalist and anachronistic explanations of historical developments and instead emphasized the idiosyncrasies and organic developments of each culture and time period, to be understood through critical interpretation of primary sources in the context of the unique conditions that produced them.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for historism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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