historicism

/hi-stawr-uh-siz-uhm, -stor-/US // hɪˈstɔr əˌsɪz əm, -ˈstɒr- //UK // (hɪˈstɒrɪˌsɪzəm) //

历史主义,历程主义,史学派

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- : a theory that all cultural phenomena are historically determined and that historians must study each period without imposing any personal or absolute value system.
- : a profound or excessive respect for historical institutions, as laws or traditions.
- : a search for laws of historical evolution that would explain and predict historical phenomena.