GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   Voluntarism (?), n.
   1. (Philosophy) Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor in experience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted with intellectualism.  Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the universe is the activity of a blind and irrational will, Fichte holding that the intelligent activity of the ego is the fundamental fact of reality.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   2. The principle or practice of depending on volunteers to support institutions or perform some desired action.
   
   [PJC]
   
   
   3. A political philosophy opposed to dependence on governmental action or support for social services that might be performed by private groups.
   
   [PJC]