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idealistic Definition

ideal·is·tic (ī′dē ə listik, ī dē′ə-)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of an idealist
  2. of, characterized by, or based on idealism

idealistic Related Forms

i′deal·is·ti·cally adverb

idealistic Synonyms

idealistic

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idealistic Usage Examples

Preposition: as

fellow: If it's worth dying for, and I am just as idealistic as the next fellow.

Infinitive complement

expect: Prayer troubleshooting It would be idealistic to expect family prayer always to go according to your plans.

Modifies a noun

  • notion: By sunset, a woman's idealistic notions can come back down to earth.
  • aspiration: They were in the business of bad law-making based on dogmatic idealistic aspirations, rather than commonsense.
  • vision: Both parties were riding to power on an idealistic vision.
  • philosophy: So, using the categories of Greek idealistic philosophy, the connections were made on the level of typology and allegory.
  • dream: Before this is written off as an idealistic dream, let us consider how nations are built.
  • lawyer: They are worthless paper money, invented by idealistic lawyers 56 years ago at a conference in Rome.

Modifying Another Word

  • hopelessly: Some would say that I already live in that society, while others would say that I'm being hopelessly idealistic.
  • somewhat: The aims indicated above are, no doubt, somewhat idealistic for a small new journal.
  • too: Some of the schemes do sound a little too idealistic for a first term.
  • rather: They moved because they had a rather idealistic view of life away from the city and are now moving back.
  • very: You are able to put very idealistic concepts into practice.
  • not: Not only am I not idealistic about the state, I'm not even ideologically attached to it.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: It may seem idealistic, even dictatorial, to state that the Linux community should simply reject commercialisation.
  • sound: Forgive me if I have been sounding idealistic in all this.
  • become: I'm somehow managing to simultaneously become more idealistic, less cynical, and more critical as I get older.

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