idealisticaladj.
/ʌɪˌdɪəˈlɪstᵻkl/, /ʌɪˌdiːəˈlɪsᵻɪkl/, /ˌʌɪdɪəˈlɪstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌaɪˌdi(ə)ˈlɪstᵻk(ə)l/ Now rare.
(a) Philosophy = idealistic adj. 1. (b) = idealistic adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [adjective]
ideal1690
idealistical1819
idealistic1824
idealist1856
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective]
idealized1810
nympholeptic1818
idealistical1819
ideological1837
ideologized1863
should-be1885
1819 Notes & Queries (1985) Sept. 351/1 As little can my system be named idealistical.
1832 H. G. Linberg tr. V. Cousin Introd. Hist. Philos. xiii. 426 In the face of Cordillac's philosophy there has now arisen a new philosophy much more idealistical.
1884 ‘V. Lee’ Euphorion II. 9 The old idealistical decorations.
1953 Music & Lett. 34 125 But to suggest that a profound, logical, idealistical process is gone through to arrive at this impatience is an exaggeration.
2006 Chun-chieh Huang Taiwan in Transformation i. iv. 102 The most noteworthy examples are three: Fang Tung-mei's..metaphysical direction Tang Chun-i's idealistical direction and Mou Tsung-san's Kantian direction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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