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eternalist

eternalist noun: one who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.

Noun

eternalist (plural eternalists)

  1. One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.
    • But if they believe neither paſt nor to come, in a natural ſence, but an unchangeable ſtate of Nature from the Creation to its annihilation, I leave them then to their Fellow Eternaliſts in the Text, […]1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
  2. A believer in eternalism.

Forms of eternalist

pluraleternalists

Origin of eternalist

From eternal + -ist.

Questions about eternalist

What does eternalist mean?
Eternalist means one who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.
What part of speech is eternalist?
Eternalist is a noun.
What is the plural of eternalist?
The plural of eternalist is eternalists.

Words near eternalist in the dictionary

  1. eternalise
  2. eternalised
  3. eternalises
  4. eternalising
  5. eternalism
  6. eternalist
  7. eternalists
  8. eternality
  9. eternalization
  10. eternalizations
  11. eternalize

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