Antonyms for idealism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahy-dee-uh-liz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm |
- beginning
- commencement
- damage
- deficiency
- depression
- discouragement
- dishonor
- distrust
- doubt
- failure
- fear
- flaw
- frustration
- gloom
- hopelessness
- imperfection
- incompleteness
- inferiority
- insignificance
- introduction
- littleness
- pessimism
- sadness
- smallness
- sorrow
- start
- subservience
- tininess
- uncertainty
- unhappiness
- unimportance
- uselessness
- worthlessness
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
- 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
Synonyms for idealism
- accomplishment
- achieving
- acme
- anticipation
- arete
- assurance
- brightness
- buoyancy
- calmness
- celebrity
- certainty
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- chivalry
- completion
- confidence
- consummation
- crown
- dignity
- distinction
- dream world
- easiness
- elation
- encouragement
- ending
- enthusiasm
- entireness
- evolution
- exactness
- excellence
- excellency
- exhilaration
- expectation
- exquisiteness
- fame
- faultlessness
- finish
- finishing
- fulfillment
- generosity
- glory
- good cheer
- grandeur
- happiness
- heroism
- high-mindedness
- hope
- hopefulness
- ideal
- idealism
- idealization
- illustriousness
- impeccability
- importance
- integrity
- loftiness
- looking on bright side
- magnanimity
- majesty
- maturity
- merit
- morality
- nobility
- note
- paragon
- perfectness
- phoenix
- positivism
- precision
- prominence
- purity
- quality
- realization
- renown
- ripeness
- rose-colored glasses
- rosy picture
- sanguineness
- sanguinity
- stateliness
- sublimity
- superiority
- supremacy
- sureness
- transcendence
- trust
- virtue
- wholeness
- worthiness
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