eidos

[ahy-dos, ey-]

noun, plural ei·de

[ahy-dee, ey-dey] /ˈaɪ di, ˈeɪ deɪ/.

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

Origin of eidos

< Greek eîdos something seen, form; akin to Greek ideîn, Latin vidēre to see; see wit²

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The idea is distinguished into "idea" or intelligible Form, or "eidos," principle of human intellectual life.
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Thyoides is from Thuya meaning arborvit and eidos, the Greek for "resemblance."
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