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.
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