Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups. · A former doctrine claiming that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.
Derived from Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -ism.
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- Derivation mentionζωήgrc
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