Term/Chronological Snobbery

Created: October 1, 2026 | Updated: October 1, 2026 | Tags: Progress, Pride, C.S. Lewis

Definition

: "the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to an age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that account discredited"

Origin

Coined by Lewis in Surprised by Joy. Concept is central in his essay, On Reading Old Books

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