historicism

As nouns the difference between historicism and positivism

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while positivism is (philosophy) a doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.

As nouns the difference between historicism and skepticism

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while skepticism is (us) the practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.

As nouns the difference between historicism and holism

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while holism is a theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

As nouns the difference between historicism and historiosophy

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while historiosophy is the philosophy of history.

As an adjective historic

is historic.

As a noun historicism is

a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.

As nouns the difference between historicism and structuralism

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while structuralism is a theory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure.

As nouns the difference between historicism and reductionism

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while reductionism is an approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.

As nouns the difference between historicism and historiography

is that historicism is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people while historiography is the writing of history; a written history.

As a noun historicism

is a theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.

As a verb historicize is

to treat from the perspective of history or historicism.