hylozoism
noun
the doctrine that matter is inseparable from life, which is a property of matter.
hylozoistic
-
a word derived from
hylozoism.
Example Sentences
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In the various old and new hylozoistic tendencies, the concepts of force and its correlate, mass, are eclectically united.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
Indeed, naturalism would seem here to have swung round toward its hylozoistic starting-point.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
