hylic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “matter”) + -ic (“of or pertaining to”).
Adjective
hylic (not comparable)
- Having to do with, or of the nature of, matter.
Synonyms
- hyletic
- material
Related terms
- hylism
- hylicism
- hylicist
Noun
hylic (plural hylics)
- (Gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.
Translations
person focused on material reality
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