Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traducianism

/tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tra-du-cian-ism
IPA: /tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that the soul or spirit is inherited from one or both parents.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Augustine's insistence on its spiritual nature made it hard for him to uphold, along with Tertullian, the doctrine of physical traducianism."
"Tertullian suggested that the human soul is transmitted by parents to their children and is therefore inescapably associated with continuing human sin: this doctrine of ‘traducianism’ underlay the pessimistic view of the human condition and its imprisonment in original sin which was presented in an extreme form by that later theological giant from North Africa, Augustine of Hippo."

Etymology

Etymology tree English traducian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English traducianism From traducian + -ism.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m/

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

traduce traducian

Synonyms

generationism

Questions

How do you pronounce traducianism?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m/.
What does traducianism mean?: The doctrine that the soul or spirit is inherited from one or both parents.
Where does traducianism come from?: Etymology tree English traducian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English traducianism From traducian + -ism.

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