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From German Historismus.

noun historisms

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

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noun 19th century school of thought

DeutschHistorismus

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@misc{historism_2026,
  title = {historism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/historism},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}