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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•de•al•ist (ī dē′ə list),USA pronunciation n. - a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- a visionary or impractical person.
- a person who represents things as they might or should be rather than as they are.
- Fine Art, Literaturea writer or artist who treats subjects imaginatively.
- a person who accepts the doctrines of idealism.
adj. - idealistic.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . romantic, dreamer, stargazer.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•de•al•ism /aɪˈdiəˌlɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the belief that one should follow or try to achieve ideals:youthful idealism.
i•de•al•ist, n. [countable] i•de•al•is•tic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•de•al•ism (ī dē′ə liz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- the practice of idealizing.
- something idealized;
an ideal representation. - Fine Arttreatment of subject matter in a work of art in which a mental conception of beauty or form is stressed, characterized usually by the selection of particular features of various models and their combination into a whole according to a standard of perfection. Cf. naturalism (def. 2), realism (def. 3a).
- Philosophy
- Philosophyany system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas.
- Philosophythe tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values.
- ideal + -ism, probably modeled on German Idealismus 1790–1800
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