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Historicalist

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historistnoun(historiography) A proponent of historism.
historicistnounAn advocate of historicism
historismnoun(historiography) An influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected universalist and anachronistic explanations of historical developments and instead emphasized the idiosyncrasies and organic developments of each culture and time period, to be understood through critical interpretation of primary sources in the context of the unique conditions that produced them.
descriptionalistnounOne who subscribes to descriptionalism.
revisionismnoun(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.
presentismnounThe belief that only current phenomena are relevant.
culturalistnounOne who subscribes to culturalism.
functionalistnounOne who believes in functionalism.
temporalistnounA proponent of temporalism.
revisionistnounA proponent of revisionism.
epistemicistnounOne who subscribes to the philosophy of epistemicism.
descriptionistnounSynonym of descriptivist.
phenomenalistnounOne who subscribes to the philosophy of phenomenalism.
classicalistnounSynonym of classicist.
reconstructivistnounOne who believes in reconstructivism
representationistnounOne who subscribes to the philosophy of representationism.
essentialistnounAn advocate of essentialism.
conceptualistnounAn artist involved in the conceptualism movement.
ahistoricismnounAn attitude that tends to ignore history as being unimportant and having no relevance to modern life or decision making.
neo-historicismnoun(philosophy, art, architecture) A movement that draws inspiration from classical historicism

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