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hyloist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-loist
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who believes that matter is God, or that there is no distinction between the two; a materialist.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “matter”) + -ist.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyloists (plural) hylist (alternative)

Synonyms

hylotheist

Questions

What does hyloist mean?
Someone who believes that matter is God, or that there is no distinction between the two; a materialist.
Where does hyloist come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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