Idealism Definition

ī-dēə-lĭzəm
noun
Behavior or thought based on a conception of things as they should be or as one would wish them to be; idealization.
Webster's New World
The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal and often impractical form.
American Heritage
A striving to achieve one's ideals.
Webster's New World
Imaginative treatment in art that seeks to show the artist's or author's conception of perfection; representation of imagined types, or ideals.
Webster's New World
Idealized treatment of a subject in literature or art.
American Heritage
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Singular:
idealism
Plural:
idealisms

Origin of Idealism

  • First attested 1796, from ideal +‎ -ism.

    From Wiktionary

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