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hylomorphic

hylomorphic adjective: pertaining to hylomorphism.

Adjective

hylomorphic (comparative more hylomorphic, superlative most hylomorphic)

  1. Pertaining to hylomorphism.
    • But this latter phrase should be construed in the objective genitive as well, to reveal Morrow's perhaps unwitting testimony to Plato's hylomorphic stance.2001, John Protevi, Political Physics: Deleuze, Derrida, and the Body Politic

Forms of hylomorphic

comparativemore hylomorphic
superlativemost hylomorphic

Words formed from hylomorphic

Questions about hylomorphic

What does hylomorphic mean?
Hylomorphic means pertaining to hylomorphism.
What part of speech is hylomorphic?
Hylomorphic is an adjective.

Words near hylomorphic in the dictionary

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

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