Schopenhauerism

[ shoh-puhn-hou-uh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Schopenhauerism¹

First recorded in 1880–85; Schopenhauer + -ism

Example Sentences

Fancy what it might have been, this long exposition of sheer Schopenhauerism in three dramas and a fore-play!

From Project Gutenberg