Etymology

panbiotism

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Today it means: Synonym of hylozoism, the belief that all physical matter is alive in some sense. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βίος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβίος“life”
  2. English todaypanbiotism

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.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβίος all →

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