presentist

adj

Etymology

From present + -ist.

  1. derived from prae-
  2. derived from praesens
  3. derived from present
  4. inherited from present
  5. formed as presentist — “present + -ist

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to presentism

    Of or pertaining to presentism; viewing the past with a perspective limited to present-day attitudes and beliefs.

    • Many people lost their perspective in their euphoria and became parochial and presentist.
    • To read him as defensively fashioning what we now call a "black identity" is presentist.
    • One aspiration is to mark a particularly momentous year in American history. Another is to combat the presentist bias that harms our ability to see clearly today.
  2. A follower of presentism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA