presentist

[prez-uhn-tist]

noun

Theology.

1. a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse are now being fulfilled.

Word History and Origins

Origin of presentist¹

First recorded in 1875–80; present ¹ + -ist

Example Sentences

This may be done from the best of motives, but it is shortsighted in the extreme — you might even say presentist.

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“We can’t be presentist about this particular crime. That twinned marginalization is important to understand.”

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For this generation’s presentist students, the course is a tough sell.

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Another group argues that all historical films are presentist — they use the past to illuminate modern conundrums.

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Lynch does, however, stress the presentist bias of Wikipedia entries: “Thomas Aquinas weighs in at just over 37,000 words on his life and major works; Michael Jackson warrants five times the space.”

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