Idealistic meaning

ī-dēə-lĭstĭk
The definition of idealistic is someone who believes in some ideal of perfection.

An example of an idealistic person is someone who believes everyone is basically good and that all will always turn out right in the world.

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Of or characteristic of an idealist.
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Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
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Of, characterized by, or based on idealism.
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Of, relating to, or having the nature of an idealist or idealism.
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Origin of idealistic

Idealistic Sentence Examples

  • Bruno was the precursor of the idealistic schools.

  • The idealistic speechwriter is well-liked by just about everyone.

  • As a human person, I am body and soul; and the idealistic identification of the Ego with soul or mind, involving the corollary that my body belongs to the non-Ego and is no part of myself, is the reductio ad absurdum of idealism.

  • It may seem idealistic, even dictatorial, to state that the Linux community should simply reject commercialisation.

  • To hardened cynics, it may all seem a little idealistic.

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