PRESENTISM

Meaning of PRESENTISM in English

Pronunciation: ' pre-z ə n- ˌ ti-z ə m

Function: noun

Etymology: 3 present

Date: 1923

: an attitude toward the past dominated by present-day attitudes and experiences

– pres · ent · ist \ -z ə n-tist \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PRESENTISM — noun Etymology: 3present Date: 1923 an attitude toward the past dominated by present-day attitudes and experiences, presentist adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRESENTISM — ˈprezənˌtizəm noun ( -s ) : an attitude toward the past dominated by present-day attitudes and experiences • pres·en·tist -ə̇st …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESENTISM — noun Etymology: present (III) Date: 1923 : an attitude toward the past dominated by present-day attitudes and experiences • pres·ent·ist …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRESENTISM — ■ noun the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts. Derivatives presentist adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRESENTISM — [pres.ent.ism] n [[3]present] (1923): an outlook dominated by present-day attitudes and experiences -- pres.ent.ist adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRESENTIST — adjective see: presentism
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRESENTIST — see presentism
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary