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noun
Synonym of hylozoism, the belief that all physical matter is alive in some sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: hylozoism
Antonyms: none provided
History
From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ism. Initially coined by Paul Carus in contradistinction with Ernst Haeckel's panpsychism, the belief all physical matter is ensouled.
