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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The ahistorical interpretation of past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
History
From present + -ism.
Across languages
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