Definition of presentism
: an attitude toward the past dominated by present-day attitudes and experiences
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Every critic today should beware of presentism: judging people from 50, 150, or 500 years ago based on 2017’s fragile sensitivities.
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Of all the prejudices of pundits, presentism is the strongest.
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Okay, so besides narrative collapse, what are the other struggles of presentism?
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