A person who opposes or disbelieves in hylozoism, the philosophical idea that matter itself is alive.
From anti- (against) + hyl- (matter, from Greek hyle) + -ist (one who practices or believes). Hylozoism combines hyle (matter) with zoon (living). This is a rare philosophical term from academic discourse.
This word represents a philosophy debate that sounds weird today—some ancient thinkers genuinely wondered if rocks and metals might be alive, and antihylists argued against this idea centuries before modern science proved them right.
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