Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preexistentism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-ex-is-ten-tism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human bodies.

Uncountable

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[.]"

Etymology

From preexistent + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: preexistent

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does preexistentism mean?: The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human bodies.
Where does preexistentism come from?: From preexistent + -ism.

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