单词 | presentist |
释义 | presentistadj.n. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of presentists or presentism.In quot. 1878: designating a scheme based on the belief that the prophecies of Scripture, esp. of the book of Revelation, are at present in course of fulfilment. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern modern1585 new-schoolish1844 New World1847 latter day1850 contemporary1859 unantiquated1859 todayish1864 contemporaneous1871 modernistic1878 presentist1878 up to date1888 down to date1893 up-with-the-times1893 de nos jours1909 up to the minute1909 chromium-plate1924 chromium-plated1924 contempo1944 now1955 New Wave1960 nouveau1974 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [adjective] > apocalypse > already preterist1846 presentist1878 1878 H. G. Guinness Approaching End of Age (1880) ii. i. 94 Three distinct classes..denominated Preterist, Futurist, and Presentist schemes of interpretation. 1938 V. A. Belaunde Bolivar & Polit. Thought of Spanish Amer. Revol. p. xv He desires to liberate the political structure from the domination of the will of individuals and the empirical and immediate (presentist) exigencies of universal suffrage. 1950 Amer. Hist. Rev. 55 505 From this source Croce derived his presentist conception of time. 1975 Nature 24 Apr. 729/3 Such history as is dealt with reads soundly, but it is often drawn from secondary sources and professional historians of science would judge it presentist and Whiggish. 1993 C. Tilley Interpretative Archaeol. v. 186 Interpretation at, and through, ‘distance’ is not however a presentist imposition upon the text. B. n. An advocate of the present; a person who has a bias towards the present or is influenced chiefly by present-day attitudes. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity > one who is modern in methods or opinions modernist1864 new eraist1872 modern1888 presentist1923 modernus1953 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse > believing present now > believer presentist1923 1923 A. Huxley On Margin 10 They are all Futurists... Or rather, they are not Futurists: Marinetti's label was badly chosen. They are Presentists. 1927 R. Fry Let. 4 Aug. (1972) II. 603 I've never been a Passéist—I was a Futurist but I have gradually trained myself to be a Presentist. 1989 Sunday Tel. 29 Oct. 47/1 ‘Presentists’ are reviled for seeing the past through modern eyes; while the ‘pastists’ are accused of not understanding that the interest of the past is its meaning for today. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Aug. 12 21st-century presentists link hands with their Whig predecessors in reaching for a History that supports their policy preferences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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