presentism

countable uncountable

(philosophy) 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.

Japanese Meaning

（哲学）過去も未来も実在せず、現在だけが存在するとする立場、または現在の現象のみが重要で実際的なものとする考え方。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

現在主義は、現在だけが存在し、過去や未来の出来事は存在しないと主張することで、時間に関する科学的理論に挑戦します。

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Sense（2）

The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.

Despite the breathless presentism of the current discourse, scholarly debate on the nature of community did not originate with the introduction of new computer technologies, but arose out of earlier concerns about the transition from agrarian to urban industrial societies.

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Sense（3）

Ahistorically interpreting past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.

presentisms

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