pre-Adamitism

noun

(theology) The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam.

Pre-Adamitism is a belief that there were human beings on Earth before Adam and Eve.

意味（1）

(theology) The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam.

The doctrine of 'pre-Adamitism,' while heretical and guaranteed to generate storms of controversy, won some prominent adherents.