Berkeleian

American  

[burk-lee-uhn, burk-lee-, bahrk-lee-uhn, bahrk-lee-] / ˈbɜrk li ən, bɜrkˈli-, ˈbɑrk li ən, bɑrkˈli- /

adjective

1. pertaining or relating to George Berkeley or his philosophy.

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noun

1. an advocate of the philosophy of George Berkeley, especially its denial of the existence of a material world.

Berkeleian British  

/ bɑːˈklɪən /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley

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noun

1. a follower of his teachings

Other Word Forms

• Berkeleianism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Berkeleian

1855–60; George Berkeley + -an

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Berkeleian

But the Berkeleian way of meeting this difficulty is so familiar that I need not enlarge upon it now.

From The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

There was never any more doubt that Leibniz was a Leibnitian than that Berkeley was a Berkeleian.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard

It has been pointed out that in some of them the author anticipates the essential doctrines of the Berkeleian philosophy, and in them is also revealed a personality of rare purity and fascination.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin

For the Berkeleian scholarship he and another were judged equal, and, drawing lots, the other gained the scholarship; but they divided the honor.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 by Various

There was not, it would appear, much practice in writing this language, except on the part of those who were candidates for Berkeleian prizes.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall