hylozoIc

& s. [Gr. hyle =matter, and zöē =life.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to hylozoism (q. v.). "Hylozoic materialism is e entially identical with that of Demo crit us." -Journal of Science , Sept., 1881, p. 522. B. As subst.: A hylozoist (q. v.). *hy-lo-zō-ic-al, a. [Eng. hylozoic; -al.] Hylo zoic.