Hegelianism

[ hey-gey-lee-uh-niz-uhm, hi-jee- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.

First recorded in 1855–60; Hegelian + -ism

Hegelianism had closed the eyes of human understanding; Positivism had mutilated and crippled its activities.

When I began my career, Hegelianism was the foundation of every thing.

The Hegelianism which he imbibed from Rosenkranz far a long time seriously crippled his mind in its exertions after truth.

He was a great opponent of university reform and of the Hegelianism which was then beginning to take root in Oxford.

The Hegelianism and the scepticism of the critical school are creeping into the works of some theologians.

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