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.

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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

Bulgarian: материален (bg) (materialen)

Norwegian: hyletiker

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