Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
psychovital . - [capitalized] A term used by some geologists to designate the later portion of Quaternary time marked by man's existence, which thus includes all of recent time and an indefinite portion of the Pleistocene period. See
Psychozoic era . - noun The Psychozoic period.
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- adjective (Geol.) Designating, or applied to the Era of man.
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- adjective geology Pertaining to the period of geological time characterized by the presence of human
intelligence .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Terms like the “psychozoic era,” “anthropozoic era,” and “the mental era” were used to characterize this new geo - logical period, anticipating the thesis of Edouard Le
ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE CLARENCE J. GLACKEN 1968
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Science has amply demonstrated the existence of man upon the earth long before the psychozoic era of the Biblical cosmogony; but Prof. Hilprecht is the first to demonstrate the high antiquity of his civilization.
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Then it slumbered through several epochs of geology, representing many millions of years in the bosom of earth, the mother, until at the beginning of the psychozoic era, through erosion or the action of atmospheric influences and nature's chemistry it came to the surface; uncovered and freed from all superimposed stratified rock.
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But, as is implicit in Vernadsky’s term for the next geological era, the psychozoic - the psychic spiritualization of life - Aurobindo also foresaw a spiritualization and transformation of matter totally inseparable from the liberation of the spirit into Divine Consciousness.
Archive 2005-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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But, as is implicit in Vernadsky’s term for the next geological era, the psychozoic - the psychic spiritualization of life - Aurobindo also foresaw a spiritualization and transformation of matter totally inseparable from the liberation of the spirit into Divine Consciousness.
Thinking About the Noosphere Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
qms commented on the word psychozoic
The dumb beasts can't voice their complaint
That men are more psycho than saint,
So must remain stoic
In this psychozoic,
But contented neighbors they ain't.
May 9, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word psychozoic
Fantastic, qms.
May 9, 2017
qms commented on the word psychozoic
Zuzu, your praise is a perfect balm.
May 9, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word psychozoic
Likewise, qms.
May 9, 2017