| 释义 |
zoonist rare.|ˈzəʊənɪst|
[irreg. f. Gr. ζῷον living being, animal + -ist.]
One who holds that nature as a whole is a living being, or that natural objects are such. (In quots. only attrib.)
1892Athenæum 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. 1897Folk-Lore Sept. 274 Among the Zoönist poems are dialogues between personified natural objects. |