historicism
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historicism (countable and uncountable; plural historicisms)
- A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
- (art) The use of historical styles in contemporary art.
- (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.
