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hylogeny

hylogeny is the alternative spelling of hylogenesis.

Meaning of hylogenesis

Noun

hylogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The origin of matter.

Origin of hylogeny

From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “matter”) + -geny from γένεσις (génesis, “birth”).

Questions about hylogeny

What is hylogeny the alternative spelling of?
Hylogeny is the alternative spelling of hylogenesis.

Words near hylogeny in the dictionary

  1. hylobatine
  2. hylocitrea
  3. hylocitreas
  4. hylocomiaceous
  5. hylogenesis
  6. hylogeny
  7. hyloid
  8. hyloids
  9. hyloism
  10. hyloist
  11. hyloists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hylogeny (page history and authors); hylogenesis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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