immaterialism

[ im-uh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uh m ]

/ ˌɪm əˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm /

the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.

the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist.

Origin of immaterialism

1705–15; immaterial + -ism, modeled on materialism

im·ma·te·ri·al·ist, noun

Show the close relationship between atheism and immaterialism.

The Articles of Faith |James E. Talmage
Here we come upon the issue between materialism and immaterialism.

International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I |Various
At what age of the Christian Church this heresy of immaterialism or masked atheism, crept in, I do not exactly know.

Thomas Jefferson |Gilbert Chinard
But inasmuch as the notion of metaphysics itself seems to exclude materialism, the vital alternative is that of immaterialism.

International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I |Various

In this, of course, he is following Hume, though he applies the Johnsonian argument to Berkeley's immaterialism.

The English Utilitarians, Volume I. |Leslie Stephen

immaterialism

/ (ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm) /

the doctrine that the material world exists only in the mind

the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist See also idealism (def. 3)

immaterialist, noun