Associations to the word «Historicism»

Wiktionary

HISTORICISM, noun. A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
HISTORICISM, noun. (arts) The use of historical styles in contemporary art.
HISTORICISM, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

HISTORICISM, noun. A theory that social and cultural events are determined by history.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.