1. a person who believes that historical events are determined by historical forces and that history follows discoverable laws or patterns
Usage: philosophy, historiography

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of historicism or historicists
Usage: philosophy, historiography

Examples

• The historicist argues that we cannot judge past societies by modern moral standards.
• A historicist approach to literature examines how historical context shapes meaning.
• Some philosophers criticize historicist thinking for being overly deterministic.
• The historicist perspective emphasizes the importance of understanding events within their own time period.
• Her historicist interpretation of the revolution focused on the economic forces at play.
• Historicist scholars believe that history reveals underlying patterns and laws.