HYLOZOISM

Etymology

Noun

hylozoism (countable and uncountable, plural hylozoisms)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Hy`lo*zo"ism, n. Etym: [Gr. hylozoĂŻsme.]

Definition: The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.] Cudworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CHEMICAL

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