English
hylist
From hyle (“matter”) + -ist.
Formed from hyle ‘matter’ + -ist
Ancient Greek ὕλη ‘wood, matter’
Medieval Latin hyle ‘matter, the fundamental matter of all things,…’
English hyle
Today it means
noun Synonym of materialist, someone mindful of or believing in mere physical reality and disregarding or disbelieving of intellectual or spiritual concerns.
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