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hylopathism

hylopathism noun: the belief that all matter is sentient in some form.

Noun

hylopathism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that all matter is sentient in some form.
    • It is certainly true that Whitehead's philosophy could be seen as a form of panexperientialism, in that all of reality is constituted as experience, and perhaps even hylopathism, where all matter is viewed as being sentient (insofar as it experiences) and gives rise to higher-order subjective...2014, Jon Mills, Underworlds

Origin of hylopathism

From hylo- (“wood, matter”) + πᾰ́σχειν (pắskhein, “to experience, to feel, to suffer”) + -ism.

Questions about hylopathism

What does hylopathism mean?
Hylopathism means the belief that all matter is sentient in some form.
What part of speech is hylopathism?
Hylopathism is a noun.

Words near hylopathism in the dictionary

  1. hylomorphisms
  2. hylomorphist
  3. hylomorphists
  4. hylomorphous
  5. hylopathic
  6. hylopathism
  7. hylopathist
  8. hylopathists
  9. hylopathy
  10. hylophagous
  11. hylophobia

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