hylozoist adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Pertaining to or reflecting hylozoism; hylozoic.Contemporary French “materialists” […] derived out of Leibnitz's monads a hylozoist argument that ultimate particles of matter possessed qualities of sentience, emotion, and thought. — 2004 noun1 •A proponent of hylozoism. formshylozoists · more hylozoist · most hylozoist