Definition of Hegelian

1. Noun. A follower of the thought of Hegel.

Generic synonyms: Follower

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy.
Partainyms: Hegel
Derivative terms: Hegel

Definition of Hegelian

1. a. Pertaining to Hegelianism.

Definition of Hegelian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hegelian

Heegaard decompositions
Heegaard splitting
Heegaard splittings
Heerfordt
Heerfordt's disease
Hef
Hefei
Heffalump
Heffalumps
Hefnerian
Hegar
Hegar's dilators
Hegel
Hegelese
Hegelian (current term)
Hegglin
Hegglin's anomaly
Hegglin's syndrome
Hegira
Hehe
Hehner
Hehner number
Hehner value
Heidegger
Heideggerian
Heidelberg man
Heidelberger curve
Heidenhain
Heidenhain's azan stain

Literary usage of Hegelian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophical Review by Sage School of Philosophy, Cunningham, Gustavus Watts, 1881-, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Jacob Gould Schurman (1897)
"Studies in the Hegelian Dialectic. By JOHN ELLIS MCTAGGART, MA, Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge. Cambridge, at the University Press. ..."

2. The Philosophy of Religion on the Basis of Its History by Otto Pfleiderer (1887)
"POST-Hegelian speculation starts from Hegel, and has always been powerfully influenced by that profound thinker; it does not, however, ..."

3. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"And the necessary supplement to the Hegelian system was taken partly from the sphere of experience, partly from that of positive faith. ..."

4. The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry (1905)
"And since the deeper processes are those of thought, the Hegelian philosophy ... The Hegelian philosophy, with its emphasis upon difference, antagonism, ..."

5. Hegel and Hegelianism by Robert Mackintosh (1903)
"B. The Phenomenology runs parallel with the whole of Hegel's later writings. C. Dr. Caird's Kant and Mr. M'Taggart's Hegelian Dialectic deal with questions ..."

6. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"Hegelian philosophy, and was urged on towards the revolution by the Hegelian left and by Proudhon. The years before 1848 and the year of revolution were ..."

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