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preterist

/ˈpɹɛtəɹɪst/

preterist noun: one whose chief interest is in the past.

Noun

preterist (plural preterists)

  1. One whose chief interest is in the past.
  2. An adherent of preterism; one who believes that the Biblical prophecies of the Apocalypse refer to historical events which have already taken place.

preterist meaning in Bengali

preterist in Bengali

প্রিটারিজমের অনুসারী

Forms of preterist

pluralpreterists

Origin of preterist

From preter- + -ist.

Questions about preterist

What does preterist mean?
Preterist means one whose chief interest is in the past.
What is preterist in Bengali?
Preterist in Bengali is প্রিটারিজমের অনুসারী. See Preterist meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is preterist?
Preterist is a noun.
How do you pronounce preterist?
Preterist is pronounced /ˈpɹɛtəɹɪst/.
What is the plural of preterist?
The plural of preterist is preterists.

Words near preterist in the dictionary

  1. preterimperfects
  2. preterintentional
  3. preterintentionality
  4. preterintentionally
  5. preterism
  6. preterist
  7. preterists
  8. preterit
  9. preterit-present
  10. preterit-presents
  11. preterital

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preterist (page history and authors); preterist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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