Definition of immaterialism in English:
immaterialism
noun ɪməˈtɪərɪəlɪz(ə)mˌɪməˈtɪriəˌlɪzəm
mass nounThe belief that matter has no objective existence.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is less agreement on Berkeley's argumentative approach to idealism and immaterialism and on the role of some of his specific arguments.
- The affinity between immaterialism and traditional religion is somewhat easier to understand.
- It is possible that Johnson was attempting to disprove immaterialism by the physicality of the stone and its action on his foot.
- What had touched the world's hearts was the ethereal immaterialism of their secluded world and something primal in the music they sang.
- In 1709 he issued An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, followed in the next year by The Principles of Human Knowledge, the main exposition of his immaterialism.
Definition of immaterialism in US English:
immaterialism
nounˌɪməˈtɪriəˌlɪzəmˌiməˈtirēəˌlizəm
The belief that material things have no objective existence.
Example sentencesExamples
- What had touched the world's hearts was the ethereal immaterialism of their secluded world and something primal in the music they sang.
- It is possible that Johnson was attempting to disprove immaterialism by the physicality of the stone and its action on his foot.
- In 1709 he issued An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, followed in the next year by The Principles of Human Knowledge, the main exposition of his immaterialism.
- There is less agreement on Berkeley's argumentative approach to idealism and immaterialism and on the role of some of his specific arguments.
- The affinity between immaterialism and traditional religion is somewhat easier to understand.