idealistic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
idealism/ʌɪˈdiːəlɪzəm/
▶noun
- 1 the practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically.
- 2 (in art or literature) the representation of things in ideal form.
- 3 Philosophy any of various systems of thought in which the objects of knowledge are held to be in some way dependent on the activity of mind.
– derivatives
idealist noun,
idealistic adjective,
idealistically adverb.
idealist noun,
idealistic adjective,
idealistically adverb.
'idealistic' also found in these Oxford entries:
airy-fairy
- hippy-dippy
- idealism
- quixotic
- reality
- rose-coloured
- starry-eyed
- transcendentalism
- utopian

