Preexistentism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Preexistentism is a noun meaning (philosophy) The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human bodies.
Meaning
(philosophy) The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human bodies.
Example Sentences
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[.]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preexistence, preexistency, preformationism, beforelife, prespace, predestinationism.
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