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zoistic

zoistic

9.9
About the belief that an animal life force affects health or mind
  • adjective
  • /zoʊˈɪstɪk/
  • Archaic
translation icon : zoístico
  • Her approach to healing incorporates zoistic principles, believing in the influence of an animal's vital force on human health.

Examples

  • The artist's recent work reflects a zoistic philosophy, emphasizing the connection between animal energy and creative inspiration.

  • In the debate over mental phenomena, one philosopher argued from a zoistic perspective, asserting that animal magnetism plays a crucial role.

  • At a zoistic level of culture, all influential and high-prestige people engage in magical thinking, attributing to themselves and other people capabilities rationalists.

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Synonyms

bioplasmic
vszoistic
  • Jargon
1 9.9

Relating to a supposed life energy that people say surrounds living things

names a theory that life and mental phenomena come from animal vital force
vitalistic
vszoistic
  • Archaic
9.9

Relating to the belief that living things have a special force not physical

focuses specifically on animal vital force or animal magnetism causing life or mind

Surface Forms

zoistic positive

Morphology

zoistic = zoism (opaque) = zo + istic

This sense is derived from the specific doctrine 'zoism' and is technical; knowing general animal-related components does not allow a learner to infer the doctrinal meaning.

Etymology

Zoistic also links to an old idea called zoism, which said a kind of 'animal life force' could affect a person's mind or health. So, zoistic can mean relating to that belief or to ideas that see life and mind as coming from an animal force.