cliodynamic

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cliodynamic (comparative more cliodynamic, superlative most cliodynamic)

  1. Relating to or involving cliodynamics ("the use of mathematical models to explain macrohistorical patterns").
    • 2023 July 18, Francis Fukuyama, “Book Reviews: "The Fourth Turning is Here," by Neil Howe and "End Times," By Peter Turchin”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-22:
      He claims that his "cliodynamic" method "assembles the huge body of knowledge collected by professional historians and then uses it in an objective scientific way." This approach, needless to say, is subject to a number of problems.