infusionism
(ɪnˈfjuːʒənɪz(ə)m)
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The doctrine that the soul is a divine emanation, infused into the body at conception or birth.
| 1884 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. |
So inˈfusionist, an adherent of this doctrine.
| 1893 Myers Sc. & Future Life 59 Infusionists have held that the soul pre-existed elsewhere, but was infused into the body at some given moment. |