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idealistic, a.|aɪdiːəˈlɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
1. Pertaining to or characteristic of an idealist; belonging to or having the character of idealism (in various senses: see these words).
1829Carlyle Misc. Ess., Novalis (1872) II. 207 As a Poet, Novalis is no less Idealistic than as a Philosopher. 1877E. Caird Philos. Kant iv. 71 The idealistic individualism of Leibnitz. 1884Fortn. Rev. Jan. 31 The best of all practical work is that produced in an idealistic spirit.
2. Sociol. In the theory of P. A. Sorokin, a type of culture which is a synthesis of spiritual and material values. Cf. ideational a. 2 and sensate a.
1937[see ideational a. 2]. 1952A. L. Kroeber Nature of Culture i. xviii. 165/2 These ‘sensate’, ‘ideational’, and ‘idealistic’ supersystems are not segments of cultures at all... They are essentially polar qualities. 1965C. P. & Z. K. Loomis Mod. Social Theories vii. 446 European culture is classified as idealistic during the 12th to 14th centuries. 1967T. Parsons Sociol. Theory & Mod. Soc. iv. xii. 388 The idealistic pattern is conceived as intermediate between the two, not in the sense of a simple ‘compromise’, but rather of a synthesis which can achieve a harmonious balance between the two principal components.
Hence ideaˈlistical a. rare = prec.; ideaˈlistically adv., in an idealistic manner.
1884‘Vern. Lee’ Euphorion II. 9 The old idealistical decorations. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 56 Independence, idealistically considered, is elysian, but when the sublime theory is brought into practice amongst a rude people..with nothing but agricultural labour to fall back upon, their position undergoes a devastating change. |