traducianism
noun
the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body.
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The fatal sophistry in the traducian account of the transmission of souls may be illustrated in the following manner.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger