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immaterialism
[ im-uh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uhm ]
noun
- the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist.
immaterialism
/ ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- the doctrine that the material world exists only in the mind
- the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist See also idealism
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Derived Forms
- ˌimmaˈterialist, noun
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Other Words From
- imma·teri·al·ist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of immaterialism1
1705–15; immaterial + -ism, modeled on materialism
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Example Sentences
In this, of course, he is following Hume, though he applies the Johnsonian argument to Berkeley's immaterialism.
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At what age of the Christian Church this heresy of immaterialism or masked atheism, crept in, I do not exactly know.
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Here we come upon the issue between materialism and immaterialism.
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But inasmuch as the notion of metaphysics itself seems to exclude materialism, the vital alternative is that of immaterialism.
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Show the close relationship between atheism and immaterialism.
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