subjective idealism

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noun Philosophy.

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

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Compare objective idealism.

Origin of subjective idealism

First recorded in 1875–80

OTHER WORDS FROM subjective idealism

subjective idealist, noun

Words nearby subjective idealism

subjected, subjectify, subjection, subjective, subjective complement, subjective idealism, subjective intension, subjectively, subjective spirit, subjectivism, subjectivity

How to use subjective idealism in a sentence

For one thing, the subjective/objective distinction is fundamental to Western notions of scholarship, and science itself.
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Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.
How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow|Dennis McNally|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pope Paul VI and the Church at that time could be forgiven for puritanical idealism.
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The whole goal is to create an effective experience of fear, which is subjective.
Sex, Blood, and Screaming: Blackout’s Dark Frights|Tim Teeman|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Unless you can find good criticism, which is hard to do, because you get too subjective.
Al Pacino Does What He Wants to Do: 'The Humbling,' Scorsese, and That 'Scarface' Remake|Alex Suskind|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brahmanism carried idealism to the extent of denying any reality to sense or matter, declaring that sense is a delusion.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
They were not pretenders and quacks; they were sceptics who denied subjective truths, and labored for outward advantage.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
He did not deny to ideas a subjective existence, but he did deny that they have an objective existence.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Let us put aside for a moment planetary and sidereal visions, which appear more subjective than objective.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
Never, certainly, did age more need his high idealism to teach a nobler rule in national and private life.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King

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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