hylozoism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕλη (hulē) "matter" + ζωή (zōē) "life", and + -ism.

Noun

hylozoism (countable and uncountable, plural hylozoisms)

  1. A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.

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