Definitions for immaterialismˌɪm əˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

im•ma•te•ri•al•ismˌɪm əˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm(n.)

  1. a doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for the mind.

    Category: Philosphy

Wiktionary

  1. immaterialism(Noun)

    The metaphysical denial of the existence of the material world

Webster Dictionary

  1. Immaterialism(noun)

    the doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible

  2. Immaterialism(noun)

    the doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism


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