Allism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A belief in the existence of all possible entities including past and future things or unactualised possibilities. uncountable
    — Allism is the position of those who think that all these entities actually exist, and moreover, everything we can speak meaningfully about in some sense exists.
  2. The rejection of creationism in all its forms (including intelligent design) and the assertion that evolution alone is responsible for the diversity of all living creatures. uncountable
    — Let us call it Allism – since it is essentially the thesis that natural selection does it all.

词形变化

allism alternative allism alternative

词源

词源 1
From all + -ism, coined by David Lewis in his 1989 paper "Noneism or Allism?".
词源 2
From all + -ism, coined by Peter van Inwagen in 2009.
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