hylo- or (before a vowel) hyl-
combining form
indicating matter (as distinguished from spirit)
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hylozoism
indicating wood
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hylophagous
Origin
from Greek hulē woodhylo-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “wood,” “matter,” used in the formation of compound words:
hylophagous; hylotheism.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of hȳ́lē wood, matter
Related Words
- hylomorphism
- hylophagous
- hylotheism
- hylotropic
- hylozoism
hylo-a word element meaning 'wood', 'matter'.
[Greek, combining form of hylē]hylo-
combining form
- of or relating to matter表示“物质”：
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hylozoism.
词源
from Greek hulē 'matter'.
[ 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. vi. 196The anthropomorphous apes, namely the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang, and *hylobates. ]
1727–41 Chambers Cycl. ,Hylobii, or *Hylobians, a sect of Indian philosophers, thus denominated..in regard they retired to forests, to be more at leisure for the contemplation of nature.
1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Univ. Progr. 125*Hylogeny: Gravity, Matter, Ether... He explains that.. Hylogeny [ Oken] material totalities. [ is the doctrine of]
1883 C. Naden in Jrnl. Science Mar. 127Many a cherished illusion must fall when the..‘*Hylo-Ideal’ theory is finally established.
1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. s.v. ,The central insistence of the hylo-ideal philosophy is that man is, for man, the measure of the universe.
1883 C. Naden in Jrnl. Science Mar. 122The standpoint of *hylo-idealism.
1891 R. W. Dale in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 520The philosophical creed which, under Dr. Lewins's teaching, Miss Naden accepted, is called ‘Hylo-Idealism’.
1856 F. Hall Sánkhya-pravachanabháshyaPref. 7The puerile *hylology of the Nyáya.
1711 Shaftesbury Charac. Misc. ii. ii. (1737) III. 65Being acted..at the same time, with an *Hylomania, whereby they madly dote upon Matter.
1881 Dublin Rev. Ser. iii. V. 236He..establishes the *hylo⁓morphical system held by St. Thomas.
1888 J. Martineau StudyRelig. I. ii. i. 324No biomorphic or *hylomorphic doctrine can raise its head against the decree of Kant.
Ibid. 337To mark the differentia of these three theories we may call them respectively Anthropomorphism, Biomorphism, and *Hylomorphism.
1897 Month Sept. 332 The scholastic doctrine of hylomorphism.
1888 J. Martineau StudyRelig. II. iii. i. 142‘Matter’, construed by the *hylomorphists, declares itself competent to all.
1895 F. Hall Two Trifles 27Solidiform spirits, whether *hylo⁓morphous or otherwise, are an object of rational curiosity.
1655–87 H. More App. Antid. (1712) 228Whether in mere Spirits themselves any arbitrary impenetrability cannot be a part of this *Hylopathetick faculty, I leave others to discuss.
1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref. 9The eduction of all things, even life and understanding it self, out of matter, in the way of qualities, or as the passions and affections thereof, generable and corruptible; which form of atheism is styled by us..‘*hylopathian’.
Ibid. i. v. 759This was the Subterfuge of the Old Hylopathian Atheists.
c1800 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster (1809) I. 269Thales, the hylopathian, whose principle of things was water.
1682 H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 217A kind of *Hylo⁓pathick disposition of Impenetrability.
1864 Webster, *Hylopathism, *Hylopathist.
[ 1655–87H. More App. Antid. iii. (1712) 189This affection of a Spirit we will make bold to call..by one Greek term ὑλοπάθεια which..we will as plainly as we can define thus, A power in a Spirit..of becoming..so firmly and closely united to a Body, as both to actuate, and to be acted upon, to affect, and be affected thereby. ]
Ibid. 228The voluntary exertion of this *Hylopathy.
1891 Daily News 3 Apr. 5/2 The *Hylo-Phenomenal theorem of existence.
1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. ,Hylo-idealism,..is sometimes called *hylo-phenomenalism.
1676 H. More Remarks 141That matter is misplaced, and the *Hylostatick Spirit of the Universe would dispose of it better.
Ibid. 118That which I call the Hylarchical or *Hylostatical Spirit of the world.
1828 Webster, *Hulotheism, the doctrine or belief that matter is God, or that there is no God, except matter and the universe.
1847 in Craig.
1864 Webster, Hulotheism, Hylotheism.
1881 Jrnl. Science Jan. 50All adoration therefore ‘becomes pure Hylo⁓theism and self-worship’.
1859 F. Hall Contrib. towards Index 1Aphorisms of the *hylotheistic theory.
1973 D. M. Rumbaugh Anat. , Dentition,Taxon. , Molecular Evolution & Behavior 67In recent *hylobatid species the relationship of the 2 mesial cusps of the lower molars varies considerably.
Ibid. 83Propliopithecus haeckeli has long been regarded as a fossil hylobatid.
1980 Cambr. Encycl. Archaeol. 57/2Brachiation was once thought to be typical of all apes and even of early man, but it is now known to be restricted to hylobatids.
hylo-
word-forming element meaning "wood, forest; matter," from Greek hylo-, from hylos "wood; matter," of unknown origin.
ORIGIN: Greek hulo- combining form of hulē : see hyle -o-
hylo-
combining form
see hyl-
see hyl-
hylo-hyl-
Prefix
- matter
- wood
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē)
Derived terms
English words prefixed with hylo-