Recentism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Recentism is a noun meaning (rare) A focus on recent events to the exclusion of history.
Meaning
(rare) A focus on recent events to the exclusion of history.
Example Sentences
I grant that I might here be suffering from "recentism" — that is, attributing too-great significance to very recent events.
[…]the tendency in the discipline of international relations to bolster endemic ethnocentrism with temporal short-sightedness – the flaws of parochialism and recentism[…]
Those who are persuaded by the breakup argument are victims of “recentism” — they are unduly influenced by the recent past and not sufficiently cognizant of previous history[…]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include presentism, ahistoricism, now-nowism, pastism, revisionism, neartermism.
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