- panzoism
- belief that humans and animals share vital life energy
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panzoism
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Panzoism — Pan*zo ism, n. [Pan + Gr. zo^,on an animal.] (Biol.) A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy. H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
panzoism — panzoism, panzoötic, ty see pan 2 … Useful english dictionary
panzoism — noun /pænˈzoˈĭzˈəm/ : 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? … Wiktionary
panzoist — 1. noun /pænˈzoˈĭst one who believes in panzoism. 2. adjective /pænˈzoˈĭst of or relating to panzoism … Wiktionary
panzooism — noun Alternate spelling of panzoism … Wiktionary
pan-zoism — noun Alternate spelling of panzoism … Wiktionary
pan-zooism — noun Alternate spelling of panzoism … Wiktionary
panzoistic — adjective /pænˈzoˈĭs tĭk of or relating to panzoism Samuel Butler, God the Known and God the Unknown (1917 [1879]) p.83 … Wiktionary
pandemonism — noun a) Belief that every object (animate or inanimate), idea (abstract or concrete), and action is inhabited by its own independent supernatural spirit; worship of such spirits … Wiktionary
Philosophical Isms — Here are 234 different isms, each representing a philosophical, political or moral doctrine or a belief system. In selecting terms for the list, I have deliberately avoided any word which apply ism to a personal name, so that Marxism doesn t… … Phrontistery dictionary
