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subjective idealism

noun Philosophy.

a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.

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Origin of subjective idealism

First recorded in 1875–80

OTHER WORDS FROM subjective idealism

subjective idealist, noun

Words nearby subjective idealism

subject-raising, subjectify, subjection, subjective, subjective complement, subjective idealism, subjective intension, subjective sensation, subjective spirit, subjective symptom, subjectivism
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British Dictionary definitions for subjective idealism

subjective idealism

noun

philosophy the theory that all experience is of ideas in the mind
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