释义 |
pre·stab·i·lism \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 |