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Hylozoism

Hyˊlo-zo′ism

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] wood, matter + [GREEK] life, fr. [GREEK] to live: cf. F.

hylozoïsme

.]

The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable.

[R.]

Cudworth.