"historicism" meaning in English

See historicism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: historicisms [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Historismus, historic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Historismus}} Calque of German Historismus, {{suffix|en|historic|ism}} historic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} historicism (countable and uncountable, plural historicisms)
  1. A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (theory that relates events to historical context): 歷史主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 历史主义 (lìshǐ zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), historismi (Finnish), historicisme (French), historicizmus (Hungarian), storicismo (Italian), historicismo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-historicism-en-noun-Yz3nsAzF Disambiguation of 'theory that relates events to historical context': 52 17 31
  2. (art) The use of historical styles in contemporary art. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-historicism-en-noun-ycVIMjH0 Topics: art, arts
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-historicism-en-noun-03uGHb9y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 34 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 18 26 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 28 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 25 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 31 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 26 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 23 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 27 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 26 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 23 67 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): History Derived forms: antihistoricism, neo-historicism, new historicism, pseudohistoricism Related terms: historicist, futurism, historism, preterism
Disambiguation of History: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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