presentism

/P R IY0 Z EH1 N T IH0 Z AH0 M/

noun

1
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).
2
The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.
3
Ahistorically and erroneously interpreting past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.

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