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panpsychism

[ pan-sahy-kiz-uhm ]
/ pænˈsaɪ kɪz əm /

noun

a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.

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OTHER WORDS FROM panpsychism

pan·psy·chist, adjective

Words nearby panpsychism

pan out, pan-pan, panpipe, panpipes, pan potentiometer, panpsychism, panradiometer, panromantic, pansexual, Pansil, pansinusitis
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Example sentences from the Web for panpsychism

  • This opens the chapter of the relations of radical empiricism to panpsychism, into which I can not enter now.

    Essays in Radical Empiricism|William James

  • Whatever be the value of this dualism, it will have to be discussed even in the hypothesis of panpsychism.

    The Mind and the Brain|Alfred Binet

  • This form of panpsychism finds its simplest expression in the "trinity of substance."

    Evolution in Modern Thought|Ernst Haeckel