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historism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
his-torism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From German Historismus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

historisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

historicism

Questions

What does historism mean?
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.
Where does historism come from?
It is traced to German.

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