English Explanatory Dictionary

panbiotism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of hylozoism, the belief that all physical matter is alive in some sense.

Word forms

panbiotism panbiotisms

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ism. Initially coined by Paul Carus in contradistinction with Ernst Haeckel's panpsychism, the belief all physical matter is ensouled.

Synonyms

hylozoism
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