eternalism
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eternalism
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From eternal + -ism.
noun
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The view that time resembles space and thus past and future events are in some sense coexistent.
Opposite: presentism
- The view that matter is uncreated and has existed, and will exist, eternally. [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 theorie
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noun eternalism
| Deutsch | Eternalismus |
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Talk about this word "eternalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eternalism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. eternalism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eternalism "eternalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eternalism.Cite this
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title = {eternalism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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