Etymology

hylozoism

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Today it means: The belief that all physical matter is alive in some sense. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ζωή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromζωή“life”
  2. English todayhylozoism

From hylo- (“wood, matter”) + Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -ism.

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