[truh-doo-shuh-niz-uh
m, -dyoo-] 
| the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def. 3). |
| tra·du·cian·ism (trə-dōō'shə-nĭz'əm, -dyōō'-) 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. |