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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahy-dee-uh-list |
| Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi ə lɪst |
Definition of idealist
Origin :- "one who represents things in an ideal form," 1829, from ideal + -ist. Earlier (1796) in a philosophical sense "one who believes reality consists only in (Platonic) ideals."
- It seems even incredible, that any Idealist in any age could forget himself so far as to run his head against a post, merely because he found in his system, that no external world does exist, and that therefore nothing could be without to hurt him. [F.A. Nitsch, "A General and Introductory View of Professor Kant's Principles," 1796]
- Earlier still, "one who holds doctrines of philosophical idealism" (1701).
- noun person who holds fancies in mind, who believes in perfection
- Idealism was not very popular, he said, but thank God he was an idealist.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- It was the pure love of the idealist and the dreamer––it was divine.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- “The external world,” says the Materialist––“Does not exist,” says the Idealist.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Keziah, in spite of her worldly common sense, was an idealist at heart.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Even our open-eyed Jewish idealist has been blest with ignorance of the actual.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- And they are exact visions, for this idealist is no visionary.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- While he may be full of ideas, he should be neither an idealist nor a dreamer.
- Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
- He will be pleased to explain all you may wish to know about the Idealist Way.
- Extract from : « Cubs of the Wolf » by Raymond F. Jones
- An idealist, how could she trust herself to Eustace Hignett?
- Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- He is the idealist of his own heroism, and believes in himself as a hero.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
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