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Berkeleian

[ burk-lee-uhn, burk-lee-; especially British bahrk-lee-uhn, bahrk-lee- ]

adjective

  1. pertaining or relating to George Berkeley or his philosophy.


noun

  1. an advocate of the philosophy of George Berkeley, especially its denial of the existence of a material world.

Berkeleian

/ bɑːˈklɪən /

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a follower of his teachings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • Berkele·ian·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Berkeleian1

1855–60; George Berkeley + -an
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Example Sentences

But the Berkeleian way of meeting this difficulty is so familiar that I need not enlarge upon it now.

The argument of the Paralogism of the first edition is itself Berkeleian, and refutes only the problematic idealism of Descartes.

And until that belief can be shown to be false and ungrounded, the Berkeleian idealism is without support.

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