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pre-adamitism

pre-adamitism is the alternative form of pre-Adamitism.

Noun capitalized: pre-Adamitism

pre-Adamitism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam.
    • The doctrine of 'pre-Adamitism,' while heretical and guaranteed to generate storms of controversy, won some prominent adherents.1994, Alvin Snider, Origin and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England, page 134
    • He probably also had theological reasons for not considering pre-Adamitism.2007, Davis A. Young, John Calvin and the natural world, →ISBN, page 151

Forms of pre-adamitism

alternative formpre-adamitism
alternative formPreadamitism

Origin of pre-adamitism

From pre-Adamite + -ism.

Questions about pre-adamitism

What does pre-adamitism mean?
Pre-adamitism means the belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam.
What is pre-adamitism the alternative form of?
Pre-adamitism is the alternative form of pre-Adamitism.
What part of speech is pre-adamitism?
Pre-adamitism is a noun.

Words near pre-adamitism in the dictionary

  1. pre-acquired
  2. pre-action
  3. pre-Adamic
  4. pre-Adamite
  5. pre-Adamites
  6. pre-adamitism
  7. pre-additive category
  8. pre-affiliation
  9. pre-agreed
  10. pre-AIDS
  11. pre-alpha version

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