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idealist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dreamer |
| Type of | visionary |
| Has types | don quixote, romantic |
| Derivation | idealism |
Examples of idealist
idealist
Holden's cynicism, however, was a mask that shielded the dreamy idealist within.
From the washingtonpost.com
But the theory must, as a metaphysical theory, be reckoned on the idealist side.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He is almost an idealist, wanting some Christmas-card version of a wife and kids.
From the timesunion.com
In his reforms, it is always apparent how the idealist informed the pragmatist.
From the denverpost.com
Obama's mom was an idealist, his stepdad a hardheaded realist, his father a myth.
From the newsweek.com
George Bush emerges fairly well, as an idealist willing to risk his presidency.
From the economist.com
The messianic idealist who sets the plot in motion is a curiously bland figure.
From the guardian.co.uk
I am a civil engineer and i would consider myself pragmatic rather than idealist.
From the guardian.co.uk
That ideology constitutes the core of the idealist tradition in foreign policy.
From the theatlantic.com
- 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) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
- (idealism) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
- (idealism) high-mindedness: elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
- (Idealism (Christian eschatology)) 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.
- (Idealism (international relations)) 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. ...
- One who adheres to idealism; Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality; An unrealistic or impractical visionary
- (idealistic) Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism
