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tra·du·cian·ism 
[truh-doo-shuh-niz-uhm, -dyoo-] Pronunciation Key
[truh-doo-shuh-niz-uhm, -dyoo-] Pronunciation Key –noun Theology.
| the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def. 3). |
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| tra·du·cian·ism
(trə-dōō'shə-nĭz'əm, -dyōō'-) Pronunciation Key
n. Theology The belief that the soul is inherited from the parents along with the body. [From Late Latin trādūciānus, believer in traducianism, from trādux, trāduc-, inheritance, from Latin, vine-branch trained for propagation, from trādūcere, to lead across; see traduce.] tra·du'cian·ist adj. & n., tra·du'cian·is'tic adj. |
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Traducianism
Tra*du"cian*ism\, n. (Theol.) The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.
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