What does "historicism" mean?

A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.

Historicism

Common synonyms include: contextual interpretation, contextualism, historical approach, historical contextualism, history based thinking.

noun

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Noun

1
A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people. countable, uncountable
2
a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history wordnet
3
The use of historical styles in contemporary art. countable, uncountable
4
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. countable, uncountable

Calque of German Historismus, historic + -ism.