Definition of: traducianism

(trə·d′shən·iz′əm, -dy′-) noun
The doctrine that the soul, equally with the body, is produced and begotten by the parent or parents: distinguished from creationism and preexistence. [<LL traducianus <L tradux, -icis a shoot for propagation <traducere. See TRADUCE.]
—tra·du′cian·ist noun
—tra·du′cian·is′tic adjective