hylic
/ˈhīlik
/adjective rare
Of matter; material. The opposite of psychic (sense 2 of the adjective).To know and live by only one tradition is, by that very fact, to be exposed as hylic....
- Further, it should be made clear that the anaphoric is the repetitive aspect of the poetic text while the hylic is its material specificity.
- So Musashi died of his hylic self on the tree.
Origin
Mid 19th century: via late Latin from Greek hulikos, from hulē 'matter'.