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panzooism

panzooism is the alternative form of panzoism.

Meaning of panzoism

Noun

panzoism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) 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

Questions about panzooism

What is panzooism the alternative form of?
Panzooism is the alternative form of panzoism.

Words near panzooism in the dictionary

  1. Panzicas
  2. panzoism
  3. panzoist
  4. panzoistic
  5. panzoists
  6. panzooism
  7. panzoonotic
  8. panzoosis
  9. panzootia
  10. panzootic
  11. panzootics

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