presentism
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Definitions
noun
- 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).
- The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.
- Ahistorically and erroneously interpreting past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.
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Synonyms
pastismpossibilistpotentialismactualismprojectivismallismneartermismconceptionalistmobilismessentialismantirealismantiessentialismimpossibilismantipragmatismpragmaticismmoral futurism