hylicism

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈhaɪlɪˌsɪzəm/ UK /ˈhaɪlɪˌsɪzəm/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
the philosophical doctrine that matter is the ultimate reality; materialism

The lecturer contrasted spiritual idealism with crude hylicism.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the philosophical doctrine... materialism physicalism hylism

Opposites

idealism spiritualism

Word family

Derived forms hylicist

Related forms hylismhylozoismhylic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek hyle ('matter, wood, stuff') + -icism, a philosophical term for the doctrine that matter is ultimate reality.

hyle Ancient Greek

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# hylicism

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈhaɪlɪˌsɪzəm
**IPA (UK):** ˈhaɪlɪˌsɪzəm

## Meanings
1. the philosophical doctrine that matter is the ultimate reality; materialism

## Examples
- The lecturer contrasted spiritual idealism with crude hylicism.

## Synonyms
- materialism
- physicalism
- hylism

## Antonyms
- idealism
- spiritualism

## Derived Forms
- hylicist

## Related Forms
- hylism
- hylozoism
- hylic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hyle

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek hyle ('matter, wood, stuff') + -icism, a philosophical term for the doctrine that matter is ultimate reality.

## AI Etymology
hylicism comes from Ancient Greek hyle ('matter, wood, stuff') + -icism, a philosophical term for the doctrine that matter is ultimate reality. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the philosophical doctrine that matter is the ultimate reality; materialism", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hylism, hylozoism, and hylic, and in derivatives such as hylicist. Its semantic neighborhood includes materialism, physicalism, and hylism, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Ancient Greek hyle.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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