hylic

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

hylic (comparative more hylic, superlative most hylic)

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

Synonyms

• hyletic

Noun

hylic (plural hylics)

1. (Gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the basest type; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

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