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Hegelian

//həˈɡeɪli.ən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).

    "The Germanic Tribes had told the whole world in all possible tones carrying conviction, the gently persuasive, the coldly logical; in tones Hegelian, Nietzschean, warlike, pious, cynical, inspired, what they were going to do to the inferior races of the earth, so full of sin and all unworthiness."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A follower of Hegel's philosophy.
  2. 2
    a follower of the thought of Hegel wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hegel + -ian.

Etymology 2

From Hegel + -ian.

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