Hylozoism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hylozoism \Hy`lo*zo"ism\, n. [Gr. ? wood, matter + ? life, fr. ?
     to live: cf. F. hylozo["i]sme.]
     The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and
     sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.]
     --Cudworth.
     [1913 Webster]