hylozoic UK /hʌɪləʊˈzəʊɪk/US /haɪloʊˈzoʊɪk/ adjective1 •Of or related to hylozoism, believing that all physical matter is alive or that life arises from matter.These Atheists may be also called Hylozoick... because they derive all things in the whole Universe... from the Life of the Matter. — 1678