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presentism

The English word “presentism” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The view that neither the future nor the past exist (events and entities that are wholly past or wholly future do not exist at all).
  2. The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.
  3. The ahistorical interpretation of past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.

Etymology

From present + -ism.

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