préadamisme

French

Etymology

From préadamite +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

préadamisme m (uncountable)

1. belief that mankind existed before Adam

   A partir du XVIIIe siècle, le préadamisme devient majoritaire mais est largement polygéniste.

   From the eighteenth century, pre-Adamism became the majority view, although it was largely a polygenist pre-Adamism.

Further reading

• “préadamisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.