temporalism

noun

tem·​po·​ral·​ism

ˈtemp(ə)rəˌlizəm

plural -s

: a philosophical doctrine that emphasizes the ultimate reality of time and temporal things as contrasted with doctrines which reduce the temporal to a manifestation of the eternal compare eternalism

Word History

Etymology

temporal entry 1 + -ism

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