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PRESENTISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presentism mean?
• PRESENTISM (noun)
The noun PRESENTISM has 1 sense:
1. the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled
Familiarity information: PRESENTISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("presentism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
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