prestabilism

prestabilism
\\prēˈstabəˌlizəm\ noun (-s)
Etymology: German prästabilismus, from prästabilieren to preestablish (from prä- pre- + stabilieren to establish, from Latin stabilire) + -ismus -ism — more at establish
1. : the Leibnizian doctrine of preestablished harmony of body and mind
2. : the Kantian view that the living organism embodies an initial tendency implanted by the first cause whereby its kind is reproduced

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