Epochism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others. uncountable
"I call this epochism because it exalts one's own epoch to the contempt of other epochs. Epochism is a kind of unwisdom. Its opposite is a sense of tradition, an openness to the values that guided the lives of those before us."
Example
More examples"I call this epochism because it exalts one's own epoch to the contempt of other epochs. Epochism is a kind of unwisdom. Its opposite is a sense of tradition, an openness to the values that guided the lives of those before us."
Etymology
From epoch + -ism.
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