BERKELEIANISM
\bˈɜːkɪlˌe͡ɪnɪzəm], \bˈɜːkɪlˌeɪnɪzəm], \b_ˈɜː_k_ɪ_l_ˌeɪ_n_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
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berk'l[=e]-an-izm, n. the philosophy of Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753), who maintained that the world we see and touch is not an abstract independent substance, of which conscious mind may be an effect, but is the very world which is presented to our senses, and which depends for its actuality on being perceived.--adj. and n. BERKELEI'AN.
By Thomas Davidson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.