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