Idealism

/ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/
C1

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nounThe property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

nounThe practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.

Faith is subjective idealism.
Idealism fights furiously against the assertion of Marxist philosophy about the knowability of the world.
The idealism of American bourgeois philosophers is aggressive and warlike.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The young politician's ____ led him to believe that all people are naturally good.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Despite the many challenges, her youthful ____ kept her motivated to work for positive social change.

First attested 1796, from ideal + -ism.

CEFR Practice Quiz
The young politician's ____ led him to believe that all people are naturally good.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Despite the many challenges, her youthful ____ kept her motivated to work for positive social change.

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