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Hegelian

[ hey-gey-lee-uhn, hi-jee- ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.


noun

  1. a person who accepts the philosophical principles of Hegel.
  2. an authority or expert on the writings of Hegel.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hegelian1

First recorded in 1830–40; Hegel + -ian
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Example Sentences

He never forgets the Hegelian dialectics even when he writes novels.

Five years later he became private teacher in the University, at which time he belonged to Hegelian school of orthodoxy.

This could give the impression that the Hegelian philosophy made empirical research superfluous as a source of concrete truths.

The spirit of both of these hostile camps was descending from the results of philosophy, primarily from the Hegelian school.

It was a bold but unsuccessful attempt to plant the banner of the Hegelian Right on British soil.

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Hegel, Georg Wilhelm FriedrichHegelian dialectic