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immaterialism

[ im-uh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
  2. the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist.

immaterialism

/ ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm /

noun

  1. the doctrine that the material world exists only in the mind
  2. See idealism
    the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist See also idealism

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Derived Forms

  • ˌimmaˈterialist, noun

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Other Words From

  • imma·teri·al·ist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of immaterialism1

1705–15; immaterial + -ism, modeled on materialism

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Example Sentences

In this, of course, he is following Hume, though he applies the Johnsonian argument to Berkeley's immaterialism.

At what age of the Christian Church this heresy of immaterialism or masked atheism, crept in, I do not exactly know.

Here we come upon the issue between materialism and immaterialism.

But inasmuch as the notion of metaphysics itself seems to exclude materialism, the vital alternative is that of immaterialism.

Show the close relationship between atheism and immaterialism.

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