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Historicism is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Historicism meaning

  1. A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
  2. The use of historical styles in contemporary art.
  3. 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.

Using Historicism

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • In the example corpus, historicism often appears in combinations such as: of historicism, historicism and, moral historicism.

Context around Historicism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

moral 2× 387 1× past 1× xxxviii 1× polish 1× earlier 1× absolute 1× used 1× romantic 1× literary 1×

Often after:

xxxvi 1× theories 1× broke 1× hungarian 1×

Sentence patterns with Historicism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

24 387 historicism historicism is 1× 387 historicism historicism is an 1× a romantic historicism 1× are therefore historicism in the 1× argued that historicism is founded 1× by polish historicism and american 1× charge of historicism has been 1× concepts of historicism and collective 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anthropological in the 1× carr david 1970 1× constructed in 1955 1× critics of marx 1× futurism must be 1× he argued that 1×

Common sentence endings:

a determinate end 1× a different meaning 1× a romantic historicism 1× as vulgar marxism 1× course of history 1× falsifiable nor verifiable 1×

Words around Historicism

Just before it in the word index:

historicals 2 historically 2.502 historical 5.439 historica 9 historic 5.361 historias 2

Just after it in the word index:

historicist 15 historicists 7 historicity 39 historicizing 3 historico 4 historie 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aare 29 aarti 29 abl 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 adar 29

Corpus analysis for Historicism

  • In this selection, "historicism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, moral, 387, past, xxxvi, theories and broke stand out and add context to how "historicism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 24 387 historicism historicism is and 387 historicism historicism is an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "historicism" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with historicism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Critics of Marx have charged his theory with historicism since its very genesis. (13 words)

Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him. (13 words)

In contrast to Historicism, Hungarian Art Nouveau is based on the national architectural characteristics. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Later years Form Givers at Mid-Century an exhibition showcasing the work of Stone (1959) In the mid-1950s Stone moved away from strict modernist tenets and began to fuse the formalism of his early Beaux-Arts training with a romantic historicism. (42 words)

John Chrysostom, 'Homolies on Matthew 24', 387. Historicism Historicism is an approach which sees prophecy as being fulfilled in the past, present and future, including (in the case of the Book of Revelation) during the previous two millennia. (38 words)

Futurism must be distinguished from prophecies that the right will prevail: these attempt to infer history from ethics, rather than ethics from history, and are therefore historicism in the normal sense rather than moral historicism. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Futurism must be distinguished from prophecies that the right will prevail: these attempt to infer history from ethics, rather than ethics from history, and are therefore historicism in the normal sense rather than moral historicism.

However, the issue of historicism also finds itself important to many debates within Marxism itself; the charge of historicism has been made against various types of Marxism, typically disparaged by Marxists as "vulgar" Marxism.

John Chrysostom, 'Homolies on Matthew 24', 387. Historicism Historicism is an approach which sees prophecy as being fulfilled in the past, present and future, including (in the case of the Book of Revelation) during the previous two millennia.

Another of his targets is what he terms "moral historicism", the attempt to infer moral values from the course of history.

Anthropological In the context of anthropology and other sciences which study the past, historicism has a different meaning.

Carr, David (1970) "Translator's Introduction" xv–xliii, at xxx–xxxi, xxxiv–xxxv, xxxvii–xxxviii (historicism), xxxvi–xxxvii (as given), to Husserl, The Crises of European Sciences.

Constructed in 1955, it was designed by Soviet architect Lev Rudnev in "Seven Sisters" style and was inspired by Polish historicism and American art deco high-rise buildings.

Critics of Marx have charged his theory with historicism since its very genesis.

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He argued that historicism is founded upon mistaken assumptions regarding the nature of scientific law and prediction.

His architecture was a mixture of earlier historicism and proper Art Nouveau: some of his finest Art Nouveau buildings are located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Historicism Theories of history or politics that allegedly predict future events have a logical form that renders them neither falsifiable nor verifiable.

However, it should be underlined that Gramsci's "absolute historicism" broke with Croce's tendency to secure a metaphysical synthesis in historical "destiny".

In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel used 'historicism' to refer to a philosophy that stresses the importance of history.

In contrast to Historicism, Hungarian Art Nouveau is based on the national architectural characteristics.

Karl R. Popper, The Poverty of Historicism, p. 97 Free will Popper and John Eccles speculated on the problem of free will for many years generally agreeing on an interactionist dualist theory of mind.

Later years Form Givers at Mid-Century an exhibition showcasing the work of Stone (1959) In the mid-1950s Stone moved away from strict modernist tenets and began to fuse the formalism of his early Beaux-Arts training with a romantic historicism.

Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him.

Popper considered historicism to be the theory that history develops inexorably and necessarily according to knowable general laws towards a determinate end.

Rossi introduced the concepts of 'historicism' and 'collective memory' to urban design, and proposed a 'collage metaphor' to understand the collage of new and older forms within the same urban space.

Talcott Parsons criticized historicism as a case of idealistic fallacy in The Structure of Social Action (1937).

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Common combinations with historicism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "historicism" in a sentence?
An example: "Futurism must be distinguished from prophecies that the right will prevail: these attempt to infer history from ethics, rather than ethics from history, and are therefore historicism in the normal sense rather than moral historicism." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "historicism" from authentic English texts.
What does "historicism" mean?
Historicism means: A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
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