historicism

English

Etymology

Calque of German Historismus, historic +‎ -ism.

Noun

historicism (countable and uncountable, plural historicisms)

1. A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
2. (art) The use of historical styles in contemporary art.
3. (theology) 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.

Derived terms

• antihistoricism
• neo-historicism
• new historicism
• pseudohistoricism

 

Related terms

• historicist

Translations

theory that relates events to historical context

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歷史主義／历史主义 (zh) (lìshǐ zhǔyì)

• Finnish: historismi (fi)
• French: historicisme (fr)
• Hungarian: historicizmus
• Italian: storicismo (it)
• Spanish: historicismo (es)

See also

• futurism
• historism
• preterism