Hylic
/ˈhɪlɪk/noun
In Gnostic thought, a person regarded as material or bodily rather than spiritual; by extension, materialistic or crude.
Did you know?Hylic is a technical Gnostic term from Greek hylē, “matter” or “wood,” and it helped define a whole hidden universe where the material world was treated as a lower, imprisoning realm.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
hylē
“wood; forest; matter, stuff”
2nd Century
Greek
hylikos
“material; of matter”
Late Antiquity
Greek
hylikoi
“people of the material or bodily class in Gnostic systems”
19th Century
English
hylic
“relating to matter or to the material order; a material person”
Modern English
English
hylic
“a person concerned chiefly with material things; in Gnostic usage, one dominated by the body”
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