presentist

ˈprɛzəntɪst

Definition

Definition of presentist - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

philosophy

Rare

person viewing history through current beliefs

Rare

The presentist argued that past events should be judged by today's standards.

historian

retrospective

theology

TECH.

theologian interpreting prophecies as happening now

TECH.

The presentist preached that the prophecies were unfolding in modern times.

analyst

interpreter

theologian

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Origin of presentist

English, present (current) + -ist (one who practices)

Examples of presentist in a sentence

As a presentist, she found medieval laws outdated.
The presentist argued that current events were fulfilling ancient texts.
As a presentist, she linked today's news to biblical prophecies.

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French:présentiste, ...
German:Präsentist, ...
Italian:presentista, ...
Spanish:presentista, teólogo actualista, ...
Portuguese:presentista, ...
Chinese:现在主义者, 现时主义者, ...
Japanese:現在主義者, ...
Arabic:حَاضِرَانِيّ, مفسر نبوءات حالي, ...
Hebrew:פְּרֶזֶנְטִיסְט, מְפָרֵשׁ נְבוּאוֹת עַכְשָׁוִי, ...
Russian:презентист, теолог-презентист, ...
Ukrainian:презентист, ...
Hindi:प्रेजेंटिस्ट, वर्तमानवादी, ...
Bengali:বর্তমানবাদী, বর্তমানতত্ত্ববিদ, ...
Catalan:presentista, teòleg actualista, ...
Czech:presentista, zastánce presentismu, ...
Danish:presentist, nutidsteolog, ...
Dutch:presentistisch historicus, ...
Greek:παροντιστής, σύγχρονος ερμηνευτής, ...
Hungarian:jelenelvű történész, jelenkori beteljesedést valló teológus, ...
Khmer:អ្នកវិនិច្ឆ័យប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រតាមស្តង់ដារបច្ចុប្បន្ន, អ្នកទេវវិទូដែលបកស្រាយថាទំនាយកំពុងកើតឡើងក្នុងសម័យបច្ចុប្បន្ន, ...
Korean:현재주의자, 현대 해석자, ...
Persian:حال‌گرا, الهیدان, ...
Polish:prezentyzm, prezentysta, ...
Portuguese (BR):presentista, ...
Romanian:prezentist, ...
Swedish:nutidsbetraktare, nutidstolkare, ...
Thai:นักปัจจุบันนิยม, นักเทววิทยาปัจจุบัน, ...
Turkish:günümüzcü, şimdici, ...
Vietnamese:người theo chủ nghĩa hiện tại, nhà thần học hiện tại, ...

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