inorganization
Roget category 358
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.1. Vitality
#358.
Inorganization
noun
mineral world,
mineral kingdom —
unorganized matter,
inorganic matter,
brute matter,
inanimate matter.
[Science of the mineral kingdom]
mineralogy,
geology,
geognosy†,
geoscopy† —
metallurgy,
metallography† —
lithology —
oryctology†,
oryctography†.
verb
turn to dust —
mineralize,
fossilize.
adjective
inorganic,
inanimate,
inorganized† —
lithoidal† —
azoic —
mineral.
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