Definition of: Schopenhauerism

(shō′pən·hou′ə·riz′əm) noun
The philosophy (pessimistic determinism) of Arthur Schopenhauer, who taught that egoism, manifested in the “will to live,” must be overcome; that the world is evil and should not be perpetuated; and that God, free will, and the immortality of the soul are illusions.