hylozoic

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hylozoic

/haɪloʊˈzoʊɪk/ US
/hʌɪləʊˈzəʊɪk/ UK

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From hylo- (“wood, matter”) + -zoic (“of or related to life or living things”).

adjective hylozoick

not comparable Of or related to hylozoism, believing that all physical matter is alive or that life arises from matter. These Atheists may be also called Hylozoick... because they derive all things in the whole Universe... from the Life of the Matter.
Similar: hylozoist, hylozoistic, hylozoical, materialist

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@misc{hylozoic_2026,
  title = {hylozoic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hylozoic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}