hegelian
/həˈɡeɪli.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).
noun
A follower of Hegel's philosophy.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The critique of Hegelian blemishes in Marx's thought would not in itself have been a grave threat to party ideology, but the brunt of Bernstein's attack lay elsewhere."
- "As events such as 9/11, the Afghan and Iraq wars and the 2008 financial crisis took their toll on liberalism’s self-confidence, Fukuyama’s work was denounced as the height of Hegelian hubris."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Hegel Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Hegelian From Hegel + -ian.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /həˈɡeɪli.ən/
- British English: /heɪˈɡeɪlɪən/