epochism

Etymology

From epoch + -ism.

epochism means A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.

Why “epochism” is a great word

EPOCHISM — [Noun] The tendency to regard the specific historical epoch in which one lives as inherently superior to all others. From epoch (from Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, "pause, fixed point of time")) + -ism (denoting a system, principle, or ideological tendency). Unlike chronocentrism, which posits one's own time as the central axis of history, or presentism, which anachronistically judges the past by contemporary values, epochism is the intimate vanity for the precise moment one inhabits. It is the hum of a new electric grid, the glow of a fresh screen in a darkened room, and the conviction that today's social arrangements are the natural end of history—a cozy faith that mistakes a single, fixed point for the entire, turning line.

noun

A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.“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.”