perdurantist

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perdurantist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  perdurantist \per*dur"ant*ist\ (p[~e]r*d[=u]r"ant*[i^]st), n.
     (Philosophy)
     A philosopher who considers 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 endurantist, one
     who considers objects to be wholly present at each instant.
     [PJC]