Etheialism

/ɪˈθɪəriəlɪzəm/ noun

Definition

A philosophical doctrine or artistic movement emphasizing the etherial, spiritual, or immaterial nature of reality.

Etymology

From etherial plus -ism. A variant of etherealism using the etherial spelling base.

Kelly Says

Etheialism and etherealism represent the same philosophical idea — emphasizing the spiritual over the material — but the spelling variation shows how 18th and 19th-century philosophers hadn't settled on one way to write it yet.

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