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traducianism

noun
tra·​du·​cian·​ism | \ -əˌnizÉ™m\
plural -s

Definition of traducianism

: a theological doctrine that the human souls of new infants are generated from the souls of their parents at the moment of conception much in the same manner as the generation of human bodies — compare creationism, infusionism

History and Etymology for traducianism

New Latin traducianismus, from Medieval Latin traducianus + Latin -ismus -ism

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