A person, especially a historian, who divides history into epochs or believes in the importance of epochal thinking.
From 'epoch' + '-ist' (one who practices or believes). A rare scholarly term from 19th-century historical theory describing proponents of epochal periodization.
An 'epochist' is a historian who sees history as a series of big transformative moments—not a smooth gradual flow, but distinct chapters with clear turning points that reshape civilization.
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