Hylozoist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A proponent of hylozoism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or reflecting hylozoism; hylozoic.

    "Contemporary French “materialists” […] derived out of Leibnitz's monads a hylozoist argument that ultimate particles of matter possessed qualities of sentience, emotion, and thought."

Example

More examples

"He is a hylozoist and a Buddhist."

Etymology

From hylozo(ism) + -ist.

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