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idealism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | high-mindedness, noble-mindedness |
| Type of | grandeur, magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness |
| Derivation | idealist, idealistic |
idealism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | impracticality |
| Has types | knight errantry, romanticism, quixotism |
| Derivation | idealist |
idealism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosophical theory, philosophical doctrine |
| Derivation | idealistic |
Examples of idealism
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Do we really need another round of tributes to the idealism of the J.F.K. years?
From the time.com
Forty-one years ago, John was a young soldier filled with the idealism of youth.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Simply stated, idealism has no logical boundaries in the California state house.
From the forbes.com
If anyone in Hollywood wears his idealism like a boutonniere, it's Aaron Sorkin.
From the npr.org
America's problem is the contrast between high-minded idealism and low practice.
From the economist.com
Welcome to John Sayles'going-away party for the the idealism of the Nixon years.
From the time.com
Brutal realism is offset by romanticism, idealism, even a flawed human grandeur.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hegel's Absolute idealism and Whitehead's Process philosophy were later systems.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Belcari and Girolamo Benivieni returned to the mystic idealism of earlier times.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
- Impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
- High-mindedness: elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
- (idealist) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
- (idealistic) exalted: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
- Idealism (also called the spiritual approach, the allegorical approach, the nonliteral approach, and many other names) in Christian eschatology is an interpretation of the Book of Revelation that sees all of the imagery of the book as non-literal symbols.
- In the American study of international relations, idealism usually refers to the school of thought personified in American diplomatic history by Woodrow Wilson, such that it is sometimes referred to as Wilsonianism, or Wilsonian Idealism. ...
- The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life; An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures
- (idealistic) Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism
