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hylozoist

hylozoist noun: a proponent of hylozoism.

Noun

hylozoist (plural hylozoists)

  1. A proponent of hylozoism.

Adjective

hylozoist (comparative more hylozoist, superlative most hylozoist)

  1. Pertaining to or reflecting hylozoism; hylozoic.
    • Contemporary French “materialists” […] derived out of Leibnitz's monads a hylozoist argument that ultimate particles of matter possessed qualities of sentience, emotion, and thought.2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 70

Forms of hylozoist

Noun
pluralhylozoists
Adjective
comparativemore hylozoist
superlativemost hylozoist

Origin of hylozoist

From hylozo(ism) + -ist.

Questions about hylozoist

What does hylozoist mean?
Hylozoist means a proponent of hylozoism.
What part of speech is hylozoist?
Hylozoist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of hylozoist?
The plural of hylozoist is hylozoists.

Words near hylozoist in the dictionary

  1. hylotheists
  2. hylozoic
  3. hylozoical
  4. hylozoism
  5. hylozoisms
  6. hylozoist
  7. hylozoistic
  8. hylozoistically
  9. hylozoists
  10. hyls
  11. Hylton

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