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.

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Etymology

Origin of Hegelianism

First recorded in 1855–60; Hegelian + -ism

Example Sentences

But the most effective rebellion against Hegelianism was carried out by two groups�the analytic philosophers, who prevail in U.S. and British universities, and the partisans of phenomenology and existentialism, who predominate in Western Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Herder was much attracted by Schelling’s early writings, but appears to have disliked Hegelianism because of the atheism it seemed to him to involve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The influence of Schopenhauer was on the wane, and at the universities Hegelianism had lost its former hold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

If Christianity in its Protestant form was the state-religion of the kingdom, Hegelianism was its state-philosophy.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)