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Hegelian

 [hey-gey-lee-uhn, hi-jee-]  

He·ge·li·an

   [hey-gey-lee-uhn, hi-jee-]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
noun
2.
a person who accepts the philosophical principles of Hegel.
3.
an authority or expert on the writings of Hegel.

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Origin:
1830–40; Hegel + -ian
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Hegel (ˈheɪɡəl)
 
—n
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (ɡeˈɔrk ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfriːdrɪç). 1770--1831, German philosopher, who created a fundamentally influential system of thought. His view of man's mind as the highest expression of the Absolute is expounded in The Phenomenology of Mind (1807). He developed his concept of dialectic, in which the contradiction between a proposition (thesis) and its antithesis is resolved at a higher level of truth (synthesis), in Science of Logic (1812--16)
 
Hegelian
 
—adj
 
He'gelianism
 
—n

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