"Hylism" is a word in ENGLISH

One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories …

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.

A believer in the theory of animalculism.

Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of …

An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or …

The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.

Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.

The doctrine or theory held by associationists.

One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as …

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated …

A believer in the theory of biogenesis.

Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.

One who holds the theory or catastrophism.

The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the …

1. As distinguished from the Roman law, the modern civil law. the canon law, and other systems, the com-mon law …