Hyloist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyloist is a noun meaning (now rare, historical) Someone who believes that matter is God, or that there is no distinction between the two; a materialist.
Meaning
(now rare, historical) Someone who believes that matter is God, or that there is no distinction between the two; a materialist.
Example Sentences
But, leaving for the present, as far as relates to the material world, the materialists, hyloists, and antihyloists, to settle this point among them […]: we may very safely assert that the esse of happiness is percipi. It exists as it is perceived.
Word Forms
- hyloists
- hylist
Synonyms for hyloist
Depending on context, synonyms include hylotheist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hylotheist, somatist, hylopathist, hylozoist, corporealist, antimaterialist.
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