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tem·po·ral·ism | \ ˈtemp(ə)rəˌlizəm \
plural -s
Definition of temporalism
: a philosophical doctrine that emphasizes the ultimate reality of time and temporal things as contrasted with doctrines which reduce the temporal to a manifestation of the eternal — compare eternalism
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