Panzoism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pænˈzəʊɪzəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Panzoism is a noun meaning (rare, archaic) The belief that the entire universe is a living thing, or is suffused with life.
Meaning
(rare, archaic) The belief that the entire universe is a living thing, or is suffused with life.
Example Sentences
Why Carus did not use 'hylozoism' is not clear. Regardless, that term is now rarely used, as is also true of the variation panzoism.
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?
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.
Word Forms
- panzooism
- pan-zoism
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pan-zoism, pan-zooism, cosmozoism, panvitalism, hylozoism, panbiotism.
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