What does presentism mean?
The practice of interpreting historical events in terms of the present day, often with the assumption that people in the past thought and acted as people do today. The tendency to view the past through the lens of contemporary values and attitudes.
Example
"The historian's presentism led her to overemphasize the role of technology in ancient civilizations."
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