Hegelianism

American  

[hey-gey-lee-uh-niz-uhm, hi-jee-] / heɪˈgeɪ li əˌnɪz əm, hɪˈdʒi- /

noun

1. the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.

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Etymology

Origin of Hegelianism

First recorded in 1855–60; Hegelian + -ism

Example Sentences

But the most effective rebellion against Hegelianism was carried out by two groups�the analytic philosophers, who prevail in U.S. and British universities, and the partisans of phenomenology and existentialism, who predominate in Western Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a Hegelian, seemingly unaware or uncaring that Hegelianism had been in philosophic disgrace for half a century.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the bow had been stretched to the utmost, a reaction followed, and in the case of Hegelianism, a complete collapse.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

This able man was an eloquent partisan of Hegelianism, and by the poetic colouring he contrived to throw around its doctrines, exercised an extraordinary influence over the youth of the university.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various

In the domain of scholarship and learning the “Young German” movement was associated with the supremacy of Hegelianism, the leading spirits being D.F.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various