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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-dee-uh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm



Definition of idealism

Origin :
  • 1796, in the abstract sense, originally "belief that reality is made up only of ideas," from ideal (adj.) + -ism; on model of French idéalisme. Meaning "representing things in an ideal form" is from 1829.
  • As in optimism : noun state of having positive beliefs
  • As in perfection : noun achievement, completeness
  • As in rose-colored glasses : noun fantasy view of situation
  • As in sanguineness : noun optimism
  • As in sanguinity : noun optimism
  • As in greatness : noun nobleness of character; eminence
Example sentences :
  • All Americans have witnessed this idealism, and some for the first time.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Idealism was not very popular, he said, but thank God he was an idealist.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • From the very beginning, the American people have been characterized by idealism.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • But this romanticism is, as it were, a segment of the larger circle of idealism.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • The characteristic attitude of the American mind, as we have seen, is one of idealism.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • It revealed, beneath the hardness of a warrior, something else; the idealism of a poet.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • He is the father of idealism in philosophy, in politics, in literature.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • He goes beyond facts in his scepticism, as they did in their idealism.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • Locke cannot be truly regarded as the author of sensationalism any more than of idealism.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • The irony of Plato sometimes veils from us the height of idealism to which he soars.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

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