infusionism

Etymology

From infusion + -ism.

infusionism means the doctrine that the soul and the body originate separately, after which the soul is infused into the body during conception or birth. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “infusionism” is a great word

INFUSIONISM — [Noun] The theological doctrine that the soul pre-exists separately from the body and is infused into it at conception or birth. From infusion (from Latin infusio, infusio- "a pouring in") + -ism (suffix forming nouns of action or doctrine). Unlike traducianism (which holds the soul is generated from the parents) or creationism (in this specific sense, where a soul is created ex nihilo at conception), infusionism posits a migration, a celestial pouring into a vessel of clay. It is the ghost haunting the unformed flesh, the essential oil dropped into a clear solution, the immutable spark arriving on a biological timetable—a quiet doctrine of a spirit forever arriving, never truly at home.

noun

The doctrine that the soul and the body originate separately, after which the soul is infused into the body during conception or birth.