-əˌnizəm noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : Hegel's objective idealism according to which the rational and the real are equatable so that reason can arrive through dialectic at a comprehension of an absolute idea of which all phenomena are held to be partial representations
2. : a philosophical system marked by the acceptance of Hegel's objective idealism and the revision of his dialectic or by rejection of his objective idealism and acceptance of his dialectic