PRESENTIST

presentist

(noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

presentist (comparative more presentist, superlative most presentist)

Of or pertaining to presentism; viewing the past with a perspective limited to present-day attitudes and beliefs.

• '"Many people lost their perspective in their euphoria and became parochial and presentist." (Wellman and Hogan, 2004)

• "To read him as defensively fashioning what we now call a "black identity" is presentist." (McWhorter, 2009).

Noun

presentist (plural presentists)

A follower of presentism.

Anagrams

• persistent, pinsetters, prettiness, serpentist

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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