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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

Example Sentences

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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

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 Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

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

It was long before he was able to shake off the yoke of Hegelianism which he then assumed.

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

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