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noun
The use of mathematical models to explain macrohistorical patterns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: psychohistory
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Clio (“the Greek goddess of history and heroic poetry”) + dynamics, coined by Russian-American complexity scientist Peter Turchin in 2003, by analogy with cliometrics.
