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

To the causes thus inferred the name of qualities is given, to distinguish them from the sensations whereof they are causes; and the Berkeleian transgression consists in overlooking the distinction between things so diametrically opposite.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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 Hall, Benjamin Homer

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 Huggard, E.M.

Arbuthnot, Swift, and a host of the greater and lesser lights in literature, from his time to ours, have made merry over the supposed unrealities in the midst of which the Berkeleian must live.

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart