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Hegelianism

American  
[hey-gey-lee-uh-niz-uhm, hi-jee-] / heɪˈgeɪ li əˌnɪz əm, hɪˈdʒi- /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of Hegelianism

First recorded in 1855–60; Hegelian + -ism

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He was a Hegelian, seemingly unaware or uncaring that Hegelianism had been in philosophic disgrace for half a century.

From Time Magazine Archive

He thought of Doctor Codger at Cambridge, bubbling away with his iridescent Hegelianism like a salted snail; of Doctor Quiller at Oxford, ignoring Bergson and fulminating a preposterous insular Pragmatism.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Besides, at Koenigsberg, he came, as we shall see, under the influence of one of the ablest defenders of Hegelianism.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various

And, as we shall see, Hegelianism had an important future, especially in England; nor, as a system of thought, is it yet extinct.

From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by Hardwick, John Charlton

Hegelianism has certainly been very fashionable in this country, and its influence is still observable in academic circles.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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