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traducianism
tra·du·cian·ism [ trə dsh'n ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
belief that soul is inherited: the belief that a child inherits a soul as well as its bodily characteristics from its parents
[Mid-18th century. < late Latin traducianus "believer in traducianism" < tradux "inheritance, transmission" < traducere (see traduce)]

tra·du·cian noun, adjective
tra·du·cian·ist noun, adjective
tra·du·cian·is·tic [ trə dsh'n ístik ] adjective
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