单词 | historicism |
释义 | historicism/hɪˈstɒrɪsɪz(ə)m![]() noun [mass noun] 1The theory that social and cultural phenomena are determined by history.He explains Weber's transition from historicism to a historical social science....
1.1The belief that historical events are governed by natural laws.The role of romance is to assimilate the ‘progress’ of society by naturalizing history via a certain kind of historicism....
2The tendency to regard historical development as the most basic aspect of human existence.Another dilemma for the human-rights project is the challenge of historicism and relativism. 3(In artistic and architectural contexts) excessive regard for past styles.Like architect Charles Moore, Smyth embraced overt historicism as a response to such a setting....
Derivativeshistoricist
OriginLate 19th century: from historic, translating German Historismus. |
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