historicists
/hɪˈstɔrɪsɪsts/
noun
- Plural of historicist; people who believe in or support historicism, or artists/architects who imitate historical styles.
- Many 19th-century architects were historicists who revived Gothic and Romanesque styles.
- The historicists at the conference debated the role of economic factors in history.
- The historicists argued that understanding the past requires setting aside modern biases.