Berkeleian

adjective Berke·le·ian \ ˈbär-klē-ən , ˈbər- ; bär-ˈ , ˌbər-ˈ \

variants: or Berkeleyan

Definition of Berkeleian

:of, relating to, or suggestive of Bishop Berkeley or his system of philosophical idealism

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Berkeleian

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Berkeleianism

play \-ə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

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1748

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