Presentism

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe 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.nounThe belief that only current phenomena are relevant.

3.nounAhistorically and erroneously interpreting past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.

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