hylozoic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /hʌɪləʊˈzəʊɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /haɪloʊˈzoʊɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From hylo- (“wood, matter”) + -zoic (“of or related to life or living things”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or related to hylozoism, believing that all physical matter is alive or that life arises from matter.
Hylozoic atheism... which accounts the world to be animated in all its parts.
1839, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, volume IV, page 189:These Atheists may be also called Hylozoick... because they derive all things in the whole Universe... from the Life of the Matter.
1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe..., page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hylozoick | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
hylozoism · hylozoistically · pantheistic · hylozoist · hylozoistic · materialistic · hyle and Category:English terms prefixed with hylo- · animistic · hylozoical