单词 | zoonist |
释义 | † Zoonistadj. Obsolete. rare. Designating a conception of nature as a living entity, or one that attributes life to all natural objects; of or relating to such a conception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pantheism > [noun] > animism > adherent of animist1807 Zoonist1890 1890 J. S. Stuart-Glennie in L. M. J. Garnett Women of Turkey I. p. lxiv According to the Zoönist conception of things, there is but one Living World, in which every single thing is conceived as akin to every other thing, sympathetically actable on by other things, and transformable into every other thing. 1892 Athenæum 25 June 829/2 The conception of nature as itself living, or the Zoönist conception, and..the conception of nature as inclusive of beings of a superhuman character, or the Supernalist conception. 1897 Folk-Lore Sept. 274 Among the Zoönist poems are dialogues between personified natural objects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1890 |
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