| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hylozoism |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hy·lo·zo·ism |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h  l -z   zm |
| NOUN: | The philosophical doctrine holding that all matter has life, which is a property or derivative of matter. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek h l , matter + Greek zo, life; see gwei- in Appendix I + –ism. | | OTHER FORMS: | hylo·zoic —ADJECTIVE
hylo·zoist —NOUN
hylo·zo·istic (-z-stk) —ADJECTIVE
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