Berkeleian

adjective Berke·le·ian \ˈbär-klē-ən, ˈbər-; bär-ˈ, ˌbər-ˈ\

Definition of BERKELEIAN

: of, relating to, or suggestive of Bishop Berkeley or his system of philosophical idealism

— Berkeleian noun

— Berke·le·ian·ism \-ə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

Berke·le·ian or Berke·ley·an \ˈbär-klē-ən, ˈbər-; bär-ˈ, ˌbər-ˈ\

1813

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