Hegelianadj.n.
/hɪˈɡeɪlɪən/, /heɪˈɡeɪlɪən/, /hiːˈɡiːlɪən/, U.S. /həˈɡeɪliən/ A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or connected with Hegel or his philosophy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [adjective] > of or relating to Hegelian philosophy
Hegeliana1832
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 671 Something which should be a substitute for the Hegelian system.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 99/1 The thought..independent of its subject matter, or, in the Hegelian terminology, of all its contents.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xviii The Kantian and Hegelian philosophies.
B. n.
One who holds the philosophical system of Hegel.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [noun] > Hegelianism > adherent of
Hegelian1843
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. v. iii. 364 Whether in the Vedas, in the Platonists, or in the Hegelians, mysticism is neither more nor less than ascribing objective existence to the subjective creations of the mind's own faculties.
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1881 Nation (N.Y.) No. 834. 443 All these facts..are mostly admitted by Hegelians.
1891 E. B. Bax Outlooks from New Standpoint iii. 182 This is the truth at the bottom of the ‘thing-in-itself’, so much decried by the orthodox Hegelians.
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