philozoist

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philozoist

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From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + -ist.

noun philozoists

a lover of all forms of life (as opposed to only humans or those life forms useful to humans) Man, the philozoist observes, may use animals, but he may not abuse them.

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@misc{philozoist_2026,
  title = {philozoist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/philozoist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}