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hylozoism

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Françaishylozoïsme
Русскийгилозои́зм
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Examples

“[…] is it not melancholy to hear a man like Steffens somniloquise in such a mystifying cant of Hylozoism, of Pickism, a hodge-podge of the grossest materialism, and the most fantastic yet maudlin moonery?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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