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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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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