Variant: or Berke · ley · an
Pronunciation: ' bär-kl ē - ə n, ' b ə r-; bär- ' , ˌ b ə r- '
Function: adjective
Date: 1813
: of, relating to, or suggestive of Bishop Berkeley or his system of philosophical idealism
– Berkeleian noun
– Berke · le · ian · ism \ - ə - ˌ ni-z ə m \ noun