historicism
noun/hɪˈstɒrɪsɪzəm/
/hɪˈstɔːrɪsɪzəm/
[uncountable]- the theory that cultural and social events and situations can be explained by historyTopics Historyc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from historic, translating German Historismus.
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