philozoist
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + -ist.
Noun edit
philozoist (plural philozoists)
- a lover of all forms of life (as opposed to only humans or those life forms useful to humans)
- 1837, William Holl, Neville Wood, editors, The Analyst, volume XII, page 344:
- Man, the philozoist observes, may use animals, but he may not abuse them.
References edit
- A Dictionary of New Medical Terms (1905) by George Milbry Gould