1. a person who believes in or practices hylozoism, the philosophical doctrine that matter is alive or that all matter possesses life or consciousness
Usage: philosophy; rare; formal

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of hylozoism or hylozoists
Usage: philosophy; rare; formal

Examples

• The ancient hylozoist philosophers believed that even stones possessed a form of life.
• Some early Greek thinkers held hylozoist views about the nature of matter.
• Her hylozoist interpretation of nature challenged the mechanistic worldview of her contemporaries.
• The hylozoist position suggests that the distinction between living and non-living matter is not absolute.