Berkeleian

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adjective

Berke·​le·​ian ˈbär-klē-ən  ˈbər- 

bär-ˈklē-, 

ˌbər-ˈklē-

variants or Berkeleyan

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

Berkeleian noun

Berkeleianism

ˈbär-klē-ə-ˌni-zəm 

ˈbər-;

bär-ˈklē-, 

ˌbər-ˈklē-

noun

Berkeleianism

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noun

Berke·​le·​ian·​ism ˈbär-(ˌ)klē-ə-ˌni-zəm 

ˈbər-;

bär-ˈklē-ə-, 

ˌbər-

variants or Berkeleyanism

ˈbär-(ˌ)klē-ə-ˌni-zəm, 

ˈbər-;

bär-ˈklē-ə-, 

ˌbər-

plural -s

: a system of philosophical idealism first taught by George Berkeley maintaining that material things exist only in being perceived, that objects have no physical qualities beyond what can be observed, and that the physical universe is a perception of an infinite divine mind

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1748, in the meaning defined above