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Meaning of "hylomorphic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYLOMORPHIC

ˌhaɪləˈmɔːfɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYLOMORPHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hylomorphic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYLOMORPHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hylomorphism

Hylomorphism is a philosophical theory developed by Aristotle, which conceives being as a compound of matter and form. The word "hylomorphism" is a 19th-century term formed from the Greek words ὕλη hyle, "wood, matter" and μορφή, morphē, "form."...

Definition of hylomorphic in the English dictionary

The definition of hylomorphic in the dictionary is made up of physical and spiritual matter. Other definition of hylomorphic is consisting of distinct anamorphic and catamorphic parts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYLOMORPHIC

anamorphic · anthropomorphic · automorphic · biomorphic · dimorphic · dysmorphic · geomorphic · holomorphic · homeomorphic · homomorphic · hypomorphic · isomorphic · meromorphic · mesomorphic · metamorphic · monomorphic · pleomorphic · polymorphic · pseudomorphic · zoomorphic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYLOMORPHIC

hylicism · hylicist · hylobate · hylogeneses · hylogenesis · hyloist · hylomorphism · hylopathism · hylopathist · hylophagous · hylophyte · hylotheism · hylotheist · hylotomous · hylozoic · hylozoical · hylozoism · hylozoist · hylozoistic · hylozoistically

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYLOMORPHIC

ectomorphic · enantiomorphic · endomorphic · ergatomorphic · geographic · heteromorphic · homoeomorphic · hydromorphic · hystricomorphic · idiomorphic · isodimorphic · ophiomorphic · ornithomorphic · Orphic · panidiomorphic · protomorphic · skeuomorphic · theriomorphic · xenomorphic · xeromorphic · zygomorphic

Synonyms and antonyms of hylomorphic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hylomorphic» into 25 languages

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hylomorphic
1,325 millions of speakers
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hilomórfica
570 millions of speakers
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hilemórfico
270 millions of speakers
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hylomorphic
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hylémorphique
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Hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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Hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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रेशमी धातूचा
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hylomorphic
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ilemorfica
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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hylomorphic
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Trends of use of hylomorphic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYLOMORPHIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hylomorphic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYLOMORPHIC»

Discover the use of hylomorphic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hylomorphic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology: Volume 1: ...
at the same time ''reeks of double counting'',19 then the same reek must attend the counting of two hylomorphic compounds or two things in the same place at the same time. At best, therefore, the Aristotelian solution is only verbally distinct  ...
Michael C. Rea, 2009
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Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics
A hylomorphic compound is numerically distinct from its form. (1) A hylomorphic compound is numerically distinct from its matter. (2) A hylomorphic compound is essentially identity dependent on its (3) form. A hylomorphic compound is ...
Edward Feser, 2013
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The Structure of Being in Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Aristotle is saying that vii.6's position about the relation between essence and the accidental composite can be extended to the relation between form and the hylomorphic composite as well. If 'Socrates' refers to a hylomorphic composite, he is ...
Jiyuan Yu, 2003
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Philosophy of Mind: A Comprehensive Introduction
The first appeals to the general hylomorphic worldview. Since there is good reason to endorse hylomorphism in general (Section 10.8), says the argument, there is also good reason to endorse a hylomorphic approach to mental phenomena ...
William Jaworski, 2011
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Digital Cities AD: Architectural Design
The hylomorphic model has dominated the relationship between matter and form within Western culture. The term 'hylomorph' indicates what is needed to design, for example, a table.1 It derives from hyle, meaning wood, and morph, meaning ...
Prof. Neil Leach, 2009
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Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
17 Deleuze and Guattari believe that such a “material vitalism . . . doubtless exists everywhere but is ordinarily hidden or covered, rendered unrecognizable by the hylomorphic model.”18 The “hylomorphic” model (a term they borrow from the ...
Jane Bennett, 2009
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Therefore, they are necessarily dependable. And the rules derived by it [the method of transmission via the angels] are well guarded from the taint of illusion and imagination and the surmise of forgetfulness and error. On the hylomorphic form, ...
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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives in Metaphysics
The representation of material particulars by hylomorphic functions makes it particularly easy to see (a) in which manners material partic- ulars may be different from each other and yet partially identical, and (b) what is really sufficient for their ...
Daniel D. Novotný, Lukáš Novák, 2014
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Science and Religion in Mamluk Egypt: Ibn Al-Nafis, ...
Yet, Ibn Tufayl's psychology is anything but hylomorphic. In fact, as is evident from this brief sketch, none of these Islamic physicians even considered the possibility of a hylomorphic psychology, even though many, such as Qusta and Ibn Sina, ...
Nahyan Fancy, 2013
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Second, the word 'eidos', which meant 'species' in the logical works, has acquired a new meaning in a hylomorphic context, where it means 'form' (contrasted with ' matter') rather than 'species' (contrasted with 'genus'). In the conceptual ...
Stanford Encyclopedia

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYLOMORPHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hylomorphic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rethinking Theology and Matter with Ibn Gabirol
Aquinas thought that Gabirol wanted to extend hylomorphic analysis to purely spiritual entities, and by Aquinas's own metaphysical ... «First Things, Apr 15»
2
Will David Hart's Dog Go To Heaven?
... Franciscan theologians assume that all created entities have a hylomorphic structure. To be created is to be composed of form and matter. «First Things, Mar 15»
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Hylomorphism as a Metaphysic for Intelligent Design Science
What follows is a brief and simple presentation of a hylomorphic account ... to understand ID science through the lens of Thomistic hylomorphic ... «Discovery Institute, Feb 15»
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Poem of the week: The Sea and the Skylark by Gerard Manley …
Duns Scotus, about whom Hopkins was enthusiastic, set out a so-called 'hylomorphic' view of how composites of matter and form make up ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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Dante's Heavenly Idealism
Thus does Dante bring to a beautiful conclusion the theological assimilation of the ancient Greeks' hylomorphic theory of matter. Form is not ... «First Things, Aug 14»
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Fallacies of Contemporary Neuroscience: "A Vast Collection of …
The Aristotelian hylomorphic understanding of the mind is a correction for that mistake, and seems to me to be closest to the truth. Photo source: ... «Discovery Institute, Feb 14»
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Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality
... but criticizes Irigaray for remaining entrapped within a hylomorphic model that understands real difference as that between male and female. «Metapsychology, Mar 12»
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Free will and fruit flies
Rather than provide here an extensive defense of what is called a hylomorphic (matter and form) approach to reality, I simply want to note that ... «MercatorNet, Apr 10»
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Feser on Heisenberg on Act and Potency
Philosopher Ed Feser suggests that a hylomorphic understanding of quantum mechanics, which intrinsically depends on a teleological view of ... «Discovery Institute, Sep 09»
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Dawkins vs. Armstrong
Descartes and his successors dispensed with the hylomorphic ... lacks the rich explanatory power of the traditional hylomorphic understanding ... «Discovery Institute, Sep 09»
REFERENCE
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