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Definition of Presentism
1. Noun. The doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled.
Definition of Presentism
1. Noun. The belief that only current phenomena are relevant. ¹
2. Noun. Interpreting past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Presentism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presentism
Literary usage of Presentism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Disaster Response Management Can Learn from Chaos Theory: Conference edited by Gus A. Koehler (1997)
"... "presentism" refers to a condition where the need to deal with the necessities
of life is so overwhelming that no wider perspective is possible. ..."
2. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph Stewart Fruton (1990)
"Consequently, in acknowledging the historical fallacy of "presentism," and in
attempting to avoid it, I freely confess that I see the past of the ..."
3. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph Stewart Fruton (1990)
"Consequently, in acknowledging the historical fallacy of "presentism," and in
attempting to avoid it, I freely confess that I see the past of the ..."
4. The Shortest and Most Convenient Route: Lewis and Clark in Context by Robert S. Cox (2004)
"154 I believe these opinions to be presentism simplifications that require analyses
and correction. When historians comment that Lewis and Clark made ..."
5. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"13 In recent decades there has been argument about such matters as "internalism"
versus "externalism," "presentism," "instru- mentalism," the "Whig ..."
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