English Explanatory Dictionary

hylomorphism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter.
  2. Composition of an anamorphism and a catamorphism.

Word forms

hylomorphism hylomorphisms

Etymology

From hylo- (“wood, matter”) + -morphism.

Related words

anamorphism catamorphism metamorphism
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