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Noun: historicism  his'tor-u,si-z(u)m or his'tó-ru,si-z(u)m [N. Amer], his'tó-ru,si-z(u)m [Brit]
  1. A theory that social and cultural events are determined by history

Derived forms: historicisms

Type of: hypothesis, possibility, theory

Encyclopedia: Historicism

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