hylic

English

Etymology

1820s, from earlier German use; earlier hylical (1708). From Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “matter”) +‎ -ic (“of or pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪlɪk/

Adjective

hylic (not comparable)

1. Having to do with, or of the nature of, matter.
   • 1828, “a part of mankind were by original constitution altogether hylic or material”, in The New Jerusalem magazine and theological inspector, page 155:

   • 1840, Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, translated by Edward Cox, A History of the Church Volume 1, page 133:

     three orders of beings,—the spiritual, physical and hylic natures.

Synonyms

• hyletic
• material

Related terms

• hylism
• hylicism
• hylicist

Noun

hylic (plural hylics)

1. (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

• Bulgarian: материален (bg) (materialen)
• Czech: hyletik m, hmotař m, chlebař (cs) m, materialista m
• Norwegian: hyletiker