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Meaning of "eternalist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ETERNALIST

eternalist  [ɪˈtɜːn əlɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETERNALIST

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eternalist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ETERNALIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eternalism

The word eternalism has at least three meanings: ▪ In philosophy, Eternalism is a philosophical approach to the ontological nature of time, which takes the view that all points in time are equally "real", as opposed to the presentist idea that only the present is real. ▪ Positive belief in the eternity of the world or the law of conservation of energy. ▪ Eternalism is the common English translation of sassatavada, the doctrine of unchanging being rejected by Buddhism.

Definition of eternalist in the English dictionary

The definition of eternalist in the dictionary is one who believes in the eternal existence of matter or the world.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETERNALIST


analyst
ˈænəlɪst
anecdotalist
ˌænɪkˈdəʊt əlɪst
animalist
ˈænɪm əlɪst
carnalist
ˈkɑːn əlɪst
clericalist
ˈklɛrɪk əlɪst
commercialist
kəˈmɜːʃ əlɪst
confessionalist
kənˈfɛʃən əlɪst
Congressionalist
kənˈɡrɛʃən əlɪst
conventionalist
kənˈvɛnʃən əlɪst
cymbalist
ˈsɪmb əlɪst
decretalist
dɪˈkriːt əlɪst
devotionalist
dɪˈvəʊʃən əlɪst
diurnalist
daɪˈɜːn əlɪst
emotionalist
ɪˈməʊʃən əlɪst
enamellist
ɪˈnæm əlɪst
epiphenomenalist
ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪn əlɪst
experimentalist
ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛnt əlɪst
factionalist
ˈfækʃən əlɪst
fractionalist
ˈfrækʃən əlɪst
specialist
ˈspɛʃəlɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETERNALIST

etepimeletic
eternal
Eternal City
eternal triangle
eternalisation
eternalise
eternality
eternalization
eternalize
eternally
eternalness
eterne
eternisation
eternise
eternities
eternity
eternity ring
eternization
eternize

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETERNALIST

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brutalist
capitalist
centralist
finalist
fundamentalist
generalist
hospitalist
idealist
mentalist
minimalist
nationalist
naturalist
Orientalist
photojournalist
realist
removalist
sensationalist
serialist
socialist
vocalist

Synonyms and antonyms of eternalist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eternalist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETERNALIST

Find out the translation of eternalist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eternalist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eternalist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

永恒主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eternalista
570 millions of speakers

English

eternalist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

eternalist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

eternalist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

eternalist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eternalista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

eternalist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éternaliste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eternalist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

eternalist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

eternalist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langgeng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường tồn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

eternalist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाश्वत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eternalist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eternalist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

eternalist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

eternalist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eternalist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

eternalist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eternalist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eternalist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eternalist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eternalist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETERNALIST»

The term «eternalist» is used very little and occupies the 166.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETERNALIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eternalist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETERNALIST»

Discover the use of eternalist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eternalist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Physical Systems: Conceptual Pathways between Flat ...
But it is not clear how this causal relation coheres with the eternalist view. In the eternalist view, there is a complete symmetry in the manner of existence of the cause, e1, and the effect, e2. Both simply exist, and nothing can ground the causal ...
Ori Belkind, 2012
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Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion : Volume 1
Moreover, the eternalist Ockhamist can go on to point out that, just as it has always been true that S performs A one billion years later than t−1B, so too it has always been true that S exists. To say that S did not exist at t−1B is not to say that,  ...
Jonathan Kvanvig, 2008
3
A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar
In each eternalist religion, a supreme god is almost always considered to be the ultimate source of truth.There is always some uncertainty about eternalist beliefs, however,and it cannot be decided that any eternalist doctrine is definite or surely  ...
Thinley Norbu, 2006
4
God & Time: Four Views
For the Christian eternalist the incarnation, is, of course, the paradigm divine response, thus understood. Nick says the actions of Jesus were God's actions; more exactly, they were the actions of the God-man. And the eternalist Christian will ...
Gregory E. Ganssle, 2001
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Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical ...
The first of these objections is then the only one particularly relevant to the presentist/eternalist debate because an anti-realist would no sooner be a presentist than an eternalist. The transitivity of “is co-real with” is objected to on this view ...
Vesselin Petkov, 2010
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A Theory of Moral Objectivity
Once it is assumed that one knows one of them to be the case, it often seems, in the eternalist tradition, that the other follows. This is perhaps because of the inevitable tension between cosmic justice and freewill: no eternalist doctrine is thus ...
Robert M. Ellis, 2011
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The Fall and Hypertime
Consider now the popular Eternalist model of time in which all temporal relations are B-relations, and in which our lives are—so to speak— events frozen in the block. No leading edge or puzzling growth to be explained here. For an event to ...
Hud Hudson, 2014
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Around the Tree: Semantic and Metaphysical Issues Concerning ...
I will take the target of reduction of eternalist discourse to be the quantified tense- logical language L defined in the next section, and I will take it that the task of the presentists I am interested in here is to provide adequate non-proxy translations ...
Fabrice Correia, Andrea Iacona, 2012
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Time, Change and Persistence: A Defense of Eternalist ...
The contemporary debate on persistence and the nature of time has sometimes been shaped by the assumption that Eternalism entails some form of Perdurantism.
Carlo Rossi, King's College London. Department of Philosophy, 2013
10
Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy
Of course, the Eternalist can forswear any attempt to coopt ordinary ex- pressions . Instead, he can construct, completely from scratch, a tenseless way of talking and, with that, a tenseless way of thinking. But, for her part, the Presentist will be ...
Peter Unger, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETERNALIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eternalist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Original student choreography takes stage at C of C
Finally, in the Eternalist's Alternative, the past and future are presented as literal directions rather than states of being. The featured student ... «Moultrie News, Apr 15»
2
A goodbye to EC Comics and enthusiastic hellos to Here and Corto …
The combination of eternalist philosophy and honest emotional storytelling gives McGuire's work an almost spiritual impact, speaking to ... «A.V. Club, Jan 15»
3
Physicists Tackle Our Favorite Science Fictional Debate
Today we would call this the "eternalist" or "block universe" view—thinking of space and time together as a single four-dimensional collection of ... «io9, Dec 14»
4
Aristotle Said Blondes Have Better Sex, New Book Reveals
He's something very much stranger: an eternalist. According to Aristotle, the world is a perfectly engineered system, in which creatures are fitted ... «National Geographic, Nov 14»
5
6 Things Aristotle Got Wrong
He's something much stranger: he's an eternalist. He thinks that the cosmos, the earth, and all the species of animals and plants it contains ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
6
CAS Study Explores Kids' Notions of Prelife
Most studies on immortality, or “eternalist,” beliefs have focused on people's views of the afterlife. Studies have found that both children and ... «BU Today, Feb 14»
7
Are we hardwired to believe we're immortal?
Most studies on immortality or “eternalist” beliefs have focused on people's views of the afterlife. Studies have found that both children and ... «Futurity: Research News, Jan 14»
8
Arab Strap singer Aidan Moffat pens children's book
His latest album, The Eternalist, was released in July and was made available for free online. Moffat says that he would like to publish further ... «Scotsman, Nov 13»
9
How Vine Is Making Interesting Music Six Seconds at a Time
Take the tracks off of L. Pierre's all-Vine album The Eternalist. The Vines are all soft sounds and ambient noises meant to be played over and ... «SPIN, Aug 13»
10
'Hysterical sex'
I don't write historical novels, I write eternalist novels.” (At this point an impish Atwood interrupted: Well played! Well played.) Atwood argued for ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Eternalist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/eternalist>. Apr 2024 ».
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