Preexistentism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human bodies. uncountable
"The soul either exists before its union with the body (preexistentism), or it is created by God at the same time with the body (creationism or coexistentism), or it springs up from physical generation (traducianism, evolution system). These are the principal hypotheses on the origin of the soul[.]"
Example
More examples"The soul either exists before its union with the body (preexistentism), or it is created by God at the same time with the body (creationism or coexistentism), or it springs up from physical generation (traducianism, evolution system). These are the principal hypotheses on the origin of the soul[.]"
Etymology
From preexistent + -ism.
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