'perdurantism' definitions:

Definition of 'perdurantism'

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perdurantism \per*dur"ant*ism\ (p[~e]r*d[=u]r"ant*[i^]z'm), n. (Philosophy) The philosophical view considering the fundamental objects of the real world as extended in the direction of time, so that the objects themselves do not change, though temporal parts may have different properties. Contrasted to endurantism, a view considering objects to be wholly present at each instant of time. [PJC]