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Preexistentism

Preexistentism \Pre`["e]x*ist"ent*ism\, n. (Philos.) The theory of a pre["e]xistence of souls before their association with human bodies.
--Emerson.

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preexistentism

n. (context philosophy English) The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human body.