Panzoism

//pænˈzoʊɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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