idealism
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5.6
- noun
- /aɪˈdiːəlɪzəm/
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idealismo
- His idealism often led him to ignore practical concerns when discussing his ambitious plans.
- youthful idealism
- selfless idealism
- democratic idealism
It's the idealism, idealism of the society that you'd want to see.
- It's the idealism, idealism of the society that you'd want to see.
- There's a young Yankee school teacher going South, full of idealism to be a teacher.
- And I think we need idealism back in our nation and idealism back in our country.
- But what we had was idealism and energy.
- It's a moral idealism rather than material idealism.
- We want truth and certainty together, but we don't want just a mere idealism stuck in our little heads.
- I think we've become a very finite society where the idea of vision and idealism is almost lost.
- And when it runs up against say, a business that's not handicapped with this idealism, then it'll be in trouble.
- And I feel like chasing idealism is sometimes a difficult slope because nobody's perfect.
- And to your point, or maybe I'm talking to Melissa through you, once you build things, you don't necessarily lose your idealism.
- So her endurance, her deafness, her idealism married to good business sense, those are all great lessons for our moment.
- We're doing the best we can do how far you can push idealism without, you know, breaking the viability of the enterprise itself, right.
Examples
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Idealism cannot work hand in hand with capitalism.
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Young man, I appreciate your idealism.
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I think we miss idealism in our nation.
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And I think we need idealism back in our nation and idealism back in our country.
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But what we had was idealism and energy.
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Because your idealism gets in the way.
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Full of idealism, maybe even a sense of honor.
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We all started with a lot of idealism about how we were going to change things and then we blew it.
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Until recently, one could see some of Jefferson's idealism glittering behind every reform movement in public education.
Academic text (1996) -
What I've always admired about you, Rafer, is your idealism
Synonyms
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8.3
Belief in a perfect society that is often unrealistic
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8.1
Having strong moral ideas and trying to do what is right in actions
A quality of thinking and acting with high moral standards and fairness
Antonyms
How Idealistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word idealism comes from ideal, which comes from idea meaning 'perfect form', plus -ism meaning 'belief'. So idealism is a strong belief in high ideals or perfect plans, which is why someone with idealism often aims for perfect goals even when that is not practical.