panzoism
UK/pænˈzəʊɪzəm/US/pænˈzoʊɪzəm/
panzoism noun: the belief that the entire universe is a living thing, or is suffused with life.
Noun
panzoism (uncountable)
- 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?1875, James McCosh, Ideas in Nature Overlooked by Dr. Tyndall, page 37
- But there [is] also panzoism, maintaining that the universe is a living being and has a soul, and anti-intellectualism, holding that genuine intellectual analysis is impossible, both because each thing is infinitely complex and because the removal of a part alters its causal context.1918, Edward Gleason Spaulding, The New Rationalism, page 34
Forms of panzoism
| alternative form | panzooism |
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| alternative form | pan-zoism |
Origin of panzoism
From pan- + zoism.
Words formed from panzoism
Questions about panzoism
- What does panzoism mean?
- Panzoism means the belief that the entire universe is a living thing, or is suffused with life.
- What part of speech is panzoism?
- Panzoism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce panzoism?
- Panzoism is pronounced /pænˈzəʊɪzəm/ (UK).
Words near panzoism in the dictionary
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