perdurantism

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perdurantism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]