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Hegelianism

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[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

Out of the union of Hegelianism and Positivism—the negation of absolute truth, and the disdain of metaphysics—was born a new historical criticism, which repudiated a priori the supernatural as false and impossible.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

The Hegelianism which he imbibed from Rosenkranz far a long time seriously crippled his mind in its exertions after truth.

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

The only difference is, that while Naturalism puts round the prisoner's neck a plain, unpretentious noose, Hegelianism adds fringes and embroidery.

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Hector Carsewell Macpherson

And for those who cannot recognise anything unless it be clearly labelled, it comes natural to record their censure of Hegelianism for ignoring or disparaging ethical studies.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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