historicism

Plural: historicisms

Noun

• a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history
• A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
• The use of historical styles in contemporary art.
• 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.

Related Words

futurism, historicist, historism, preterism