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historism

historism 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.

Noun

historism (countable and uncountable, plural historisms)

  1. 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.

historism meaning in Tamil

historism in Tamil

வரலாற்றுவழி விளக்கம்

Forms of historism

pluralhistorisms

Origin of historism

From German Historismus.

Questions about historism

What does historism mean?
Historism means 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.
What is historism in Tamil?
Historism in Tamil is வரலாற்றுவழி விளக்கம். See Historism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is historism?
Historism is a noun.
What is the plural of historism?
The plural of historism is historisms.

Words near historism in the dictionary

  1. historiosophic
  2. historiosophical
  3. historiosophically
  4. historiosophy
  5. historious
  6. historism
  7. historisms
  8. historist
  9. historists
  10. historization
  11. historizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: historism (page history and authors); historism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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