traducianism

== English == === Etymology === From traducian +‎ -ism. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m/ === Noun === traducianism (uncountable) (theology) The doctrine that the soul or spirit is inherited from one or both parents. 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin (2004), page 37n: Augustine's insistence on its spiritual nature made it hard for him to uphold, along with Tertullian, the doctrine of physical traducianism. ==== Synonyms ==== generationism ==== Related terms ==== traduce traducian