infinitismn.
/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪz(ə)m/ The belief that God, or the world, is infinite; or that there is an actual infinite.
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1922 W. R. Inge Outspoken Ess. II. 19 Finitism and Infinitism are equally demonstrable and equally refutable.
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inˈfinitist n. an exponent or adherent of infinitism; also attributive or as adj.
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1897 B. Russell in Mind VI. 118 When the finitist objects that an infinite collection can never be..really a whole, the infinitist replies that..number itself must be contradictory.
1900 J. Royce World & Indiv. I. 558 Couturat, in his dialectical discussion between the ‘finitist’ and the ‘infinitist’,..gives full room to..these arguments.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience 525 He [sc. God] is assumed..to be ‘infinite’... Nevertheless..religious experience..cannot be cited as unequivocally supporting the infinitist belief.
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