hylic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “matter”) +‎ -ic (“of or pertaining to”).

Adjective

hylic (not comparable)

1. Having to do with, or of the nature of, matter.

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)
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• Norwegian: hyletiker