cosmoplastic

adjective

cos·​mo·​plastic

¦käzmə+

: of a molding force regarded as operative in the formation of the world independently of God : world-forming

cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms

—Ralph Cudworth

Word History

Etymology

Greek kosmoplastēs molder of the world (from kosm- cosm- + -plastēs molder, from plassein to mold) + English -ic

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