eidos

[ ahy-dos, ey- ]

noun

, plural ei·de [ahy, -dee, ey, -dey].

1. the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eidos¹

< Greek eîdos something seen, form; akin to Greek ideîn, Latin vidēre to see; wit ²

Example Sentences

The idea is distinguished into "idea" or intelligible Form, or "eidos," principle of human intellectual life.

From Project Gutenberg

Thyoides is from Thuya meaning arborvit and eidos, the Greek for "resemblance."

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