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Scho•pen•hau•er•ism
(shō′pən hou′ə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
- Philosophythe philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- Schopenhauer + -ism 1880–85