| immaterialism | 1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible. 2. <philosophy> The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, especially. A system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp, Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism. Origin: Cf. F. Immaterialisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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