Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Marxism, uncountable)A methodological approach to the study of society, economics, and history, looking for the causes of developments and changes in human society in the means by which humans collectively produce the necessities of life.

    historischer Materialismus

    исторический материализмistoričeskij materializm

    історичний матеріалізмistoryčnyj materializm

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Historical materialism is a pseudoscience.

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Origin

Calque of German historischer Materialismus.

Calque of German historischer Materialismus.

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Antonyms

1 antonyms
historical idealism

See also

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