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| 1. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system. |
| 2. | a person who accepts the philosophical principles of Hegel. |
| 3. | an authority or expert on the writings of Hegel. |
| He·ge·li·an·ism (hā-gā'lē-ə-nĭz'əm, hĭ-jē'-) n. The monist, idealist philosophy of Hegel in which the dialectic of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis is used as an analytic tool in order to approach a higher unity or a new thesis. He·ge'li·an adj. & n. |