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

In his youth a torrent of Hegelianism had passed over him and he remained always a limp victim of the drenching he had then received.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor

Hegelianism seemed to be occupied merely with its logical constructions and to have nothing to do with the lives of men; and the theory of Malthus seemed to be occupied exclusively with statistics.

From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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