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hyloists

hyloists is the plural of hyloist.

Meaning of hyloist

Noun

hyloist (plural hyloists)

  1. (archaic, historical) Someone who believes that matter is God, or that there is no distinction between the two; a materialist.
    • 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.1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, section VII
    Synonyms:
    hylotheist

Questions about hyloists

What is hyloists the plural of?
Hyloists is the plural of hyloist.

Words near hyloists in the dictionary

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

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