English Explanatory Dictionary

end of history

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A political or philosophical concept positing that a certain political, economic or social system will be the last one that humanity develops.

Word forms

end of history the end of history

Etymology

Popularized by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama in his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, based on an article he wrote in 1989.

Synonyms

eschaton

Related words

arc of history end-of-history illusion end times war to end all wars
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