hylozoism
English
noun
Definitions
- A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ζωή (life, living).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ζωή
Gloss
life, living
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
🧬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hylozoist English
- hylozoistic English
- hylozoistically English
- zoe English
- zoognosia Latin
- ζωή Ancient Greek
- ζωγράφος Ancient Greek
- ζῶ Ancient Greek
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- ζωή Greek (modern)