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Antonyms for idealist

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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for idealist

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