单词 | polyzoism |
释义 | polyzoismn. Now rare. The state or condition of being composed of several organisms or similar entities (cf. polyzoic adj. 1a). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > belief in imaginary living things polyzoism1890 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > character of being polyzoic polyzoism1890 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. vi. 179 It may be called the theory of polyzoism or multiple monadism. 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. Gloss. Polyzoism, the property, in a complex organism, of being composed of minor and quasi-independent organisms (like the polyzoa or ‘sea-mats’). 1911 A. Mitchell tr. H. Bergson Creative Evol. iv. 260 More and more the idea seems to be gaining ground, that polyzoism is an exceptional and abnormal fact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890 |
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