Allism

Meaning

Noun

  • A belief in the existence of all possible entities including past and future things or unactualised possibilities.
  • The denial of creationism in all its forms (including intelligent design) and the assertion that evolution alone is responsible for the diversity of all living creatures.

Origin

  • all + -ism, coined by David Lewis in his 1989 paper "Noneism or Allism?"
  • all + -ism, coined by Peter van Inwagan in 2009.

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