What is "hegelianism"

Hegelianism \He*ge"li*an*ism\, Hegelism \He"gel*ism\, prop. n. The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

Hegelianism is the philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel which can be summed up by the dictum that "the rational alone is real", which means that all reality is capable of being expressed in rational categories. His goal was to reduce reality to a more synthetic unity within the system of absolute idealism.