Word.ws English Dictionary

hyloism

hyloism is the alternative form of hylotheism.

Meaning of hylotheism

Noun

hylotheism (uncountable)

  1. Theory equating matter with God or merging one into the other (see pantheism).
  2. Doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe (see materialism).

Origin of hyloism

From hylo- + -ism.

Questions about hyloism

What is hyloism the alternative form of?
Hyloism is the alternative form of hylotheism.

Words near hyloism in the dictionary

  1. hylocomiaceous
  2. hylogenesis
  3. hylogeny
  4. hyloid
  5. hyloids
  6. hyloism
  7. hyloist
  8. hyloists
  9. hylomania
  10. hylomorphic
  11. hylomorphical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hyloism (page history and authors); hylotheism (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hyloism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hyloism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.