immaterialism

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im·ma·te·ri·al·ism | \ ˌi-mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌli-zəm

Definition of immaterialism

: a philosophical theory that material things have no reality except as mental perceptions

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Recent Examples on the Web As George Berkeley, the 18th-century philosopher of immaterialism, might have asked: What are windows without window shoppers to see them? — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020

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