Panzoism
//pænˈzoʊɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The belief that the entire universe is a living thing, or is suffused with life. archaic, rare, uncountable
"He holds that there is a pangenesis or panzoism in all animated being. Now, what is this but the "life" of the old zoologists whom they so ridicule?"
Example
More examples"He holds that there is a pangenesis or panzoism in all animated being. Now, what is this but the "life" of the old zoologists whom they so ridicule?"
Etymology
From pan- + zoism.
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