hylopathism

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Noun

hylopathism (uncountable)

1. The doctrine that matter is sentient.
   • 2014, Jon Mills, Underworlds:

     It is certainly true that Whitehead's philosophy could be seen as a form of panexperientialism, in that all of reality is constituted as experience, and perhaps even hylopathism, where all matter is viewed as being sentient (insofar as it experiences) and gives rise to higher-order subjective experiences […]