historicism

== English == === Etymology === Calque of German Historismus, historic +‎ -ism. === Noun === historicism (countable and uncountable, plural historicisms) A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people. (art) The use of historical styles in contemporary art. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== historicist ==== Translations ==== === See also === futurism historism preterism