hylozoist

English

Etymology

From hylozo(ism) +‎ -ist.

Noun

hylozoist (plural hylozoists)

1. A proponent of hylozoism.

Adjective

hylozoist (comparative more hylozoist, superlative most hylozoist)

1. Pertaining to or reflecting hylozoism; hylozoic.
   • 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 70:

     Contemporary French “materialists” […] derived out of Leibnitz's monads a hylozoist argument that ultimate particles of matter possessed qualities of sentience, emotion, and thought.