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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In logic, the doctrine of William of Occam, who seeks to reduce all logical problems to questions of language.
  • noun In theology, the doctrine that God has assigned to every one a term of repentance, after which all opportunity for salvation is lost.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The doctrine held by the Terminists.

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  • noun theology The Christian doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance from sin, after which God no longer wills the conversion and salvation of the sinner.

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Examples

  • Another step came with the rise of nominalism or terminism in the universities.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas WILLIAM A. WALLACE 1968

  • This frequent correlation between theological de - terminism and social militancy poses problems of great psychological and cultural interest.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ROBERT M. KINGDON 1968

  • This clinamen was designed to temper the basic determinism of physics by an element of inde - terminism; and as a suggestion in physics it was a remarkable adumbration of indeterminacies in the physics of our day.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • S. (2001), “Battling the Undead: How (and How Not) to R.sist Genetic D.terminism”, in R. Singh, C. Krimbas, D. Paul and J. Beatty (eds.), Thinking About Evolution: Historical,

    Biological Information Godfrey-Smith, Peter 2007

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    Charles H. Green: Short-termism, ROI and Green Economics 2008

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    Charles H. Green: Short-termism, ROI and Green Economics 2008

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