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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(philosophy) The view that time resembles space and thus past and future events are in some sense coexistent..
[The earth’s] history stretched indefinitely or even infinitely into past and future and involved no unique and unexplained events such as the Flood; indeed, earth history was “without vestige of a beginning, without prospect of an end.” […] Most significantly, the virtual eternalism of such theories was extended, often explicitly, to the history of mankind[…]. Mankind could thus be claimed as uncreated and therefore not subject to any of the traditional moral and social constraints.
The first of these is eternalism, which holds that matter, energy, and intelligence—the components of the universe—are uncreated, indestructible, eternal, and forever fixed.
Use eternalism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eternalism means (philosophy) The view that time resembles space and thus past and future events are in some sense coexistent..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include presentism.
[The earth’s] history stretched indefinitely or even infinitely into past and future and involved no unique and unexplained events such as the Flood; indeed, earth history was “without vestige of a beginning, without prospect of an end.” […] Most significantly, the virtual eternalism of such theories was extended, often explicitly, to the history of mankind[…]. Mankind could thus be claimed as uncreated and therefore not subject to any of the traditional moral and social constraints.
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