panzoism

noun
/pænˈzəʊɪzəm/UK/pænˈzoʊɪzəm/US

Etymology

From pan- + zoism.

Definitions

  1. The belief that the entire universe is a living thing, or is suffused with life.

    • 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?
    • Why Carus did not use 'hylozoism' is not clear. Regardless, that term is now rarely used, as is also true of the variation panzoism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for panzoism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA