eternalist

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noun

One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.

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Meanings

nouneternalist (plural eternalists)

plural eternalists

  1. One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.

    1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth 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, […]

  2. A believer in eternalism.

Origin

From eternal + -ist.

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APA

eternalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternalist

MLA

“eternalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eternalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternalist.

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