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Get to know Presentism better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like doctrine or philosophy.

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Presentism in a sentence

Presentism meaning

  1. 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).
  2. The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.
  3. The ahistorical interpretation of past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.

Synonyms of Presentism

doctrine philosophy philosophical system school of thought ism

Related words

Other words often associated with Presentism or its synonyms:

belief arts humanities

Using Presentism

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | The ahistorical interpretation of past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge.
  • Useful related words include: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought.

Context around Presentism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

surrounding 1× egocentric 1× classical 1×

Often after:

bias 1×

Sentence patterns with Presentism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

contradicts classical presentism 1× idea of presentism 1× issues surrounding presentism 1× presentism is a 1× s egocentric presentism or perspectival 1× that the presentism bias isn 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i reject the 1× presentism is a 1× protzko stresses that 1× there are weaker 1× therefore alice and 1×

Common sentence endings:

contradicts classical presentism 1× idea of presentism 1× of the past 1× of their own 1× simply not present 1×

Words around Presentism

Just before it in the word index:

presenting 1.400 presential 2 presenters 287 presenter 961 presentence 6 presenteeism 7

Just after it in the word index:

presently 2.040 presentment 9 presents 2.587 presequences 2 preservation 1.106 preservationist 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Presentism

  • In this selection, "presentism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, surrounding, egocentric, classical and bias stand out and add context to how "presentism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include contradicts classical presentism and idea of presentism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "presentism" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with presentism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He explores issues surrounding presentism. (5 words)

I reject the current idea of “Presentism”. (7 words)

Therefore Alice and Bob disagree about what exists in the present, which contradicts classical presentism. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Presentism is a school of philosophy that holds that the future and the past exist only as changes that occurred or will occur to the present, and they have no real existence of their own. (35 words)

There are weaker versions of metaphysical solipsism, such as Caspar Hare's egocentric presentism (or perspectival realism ), in which other persons are conscious but their experiences are simply not present. (30 words)

Protzko stresses that the presentism bias isn’t the onlyreason why adults think kids these days are worse than kids of the past. (23 words)

Example sentences (6)

I reject the current idea of “Presentism”.

He explores issues surrounding presentism.

Protzko stresses that the presentism bias isn’t the onlyreason why adults think kids these days are worse than kids of the past.

Presentism is a school of philosophy that holds that the future and the past exist only as changes that occurred or will occur to the present, and they have no real existence of their own.

There are weaker versions of metaphysical solipsism, such as Caspar Hare's egocentric presentism (or perspectival realism ), in which other persons are conscious but their experiences are simply not present.

Therefore Alice and Bob disagree about what exists in the present, which contradicts classical presentism.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "presentism" in a sentence?
An example: "I reject the current idea of “Presentism”." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "presentism" from authentic English texts.
What does "presentism" mean?
Presentism means: 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).
What are synonyms of "presentism"?
Common synonyms of "presentism" include: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism.
How many example sentences with "presentism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "presentism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.