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Berkeleian
[ burk-lee-uhn, burk-lee-; especially British bahrk-lee-uhn, bahrk-lee- ]
adjective
- pertaining or relating to George Berkeley or his philosophy.
noun
- an advocate of the philosophy of George Berkeley, especially its denial of the existence of a material world.
Berkeleian
/ bɑːˈklɪən /
adjective
- denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
noun
- a follower of his teachings
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- Berkele·ian·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Berkeleian1
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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.
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The argument of the Paralogism of the first edition is itself Berkeleian, and refutes only the problematic idealism of Descartes.
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And until that belief can be shown to be false and ungrounded, the Berkeleian idealism is without support.
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