Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Presentism

I was writing this post about the current politics surrounding Bajirao and learnt a new word: Presentism.

It means: 

"uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts."

Good to know. Quite useful when you see people commenting about ancient religious practices, social customs or what not. 



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