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View usage for: idealist in American English (aiˈdiəlɪst) noun1. a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc 2. a visionary or impractical person 3. a person who represents things as they might or should be rather than as they are 4. a writer or artist who treats subjects imaginatively 5. a person who accepts the doctrines of idealism Word origin [1695–1705; ideal + -ist]Examples of 'idealist' in a sentenceidealist He wasn't widely known among his pals as an idealist or a law enforcer, but he must have had something there.He was a craftsman in metalwork from Dresden, fed up with life in West Germany and something of an idealist.They say you can never go back somewhere to recapture a time of happiness, because our memories are idealist. Synonyms of 'idealist'romantic, visionary, dreamer, Utopian More Synonyms of idealist He is not such an idealist that he cannot see the problems. Additional synonymsI was a dreamer, a romancer. Synonyms idealist, visionary, daydreamer, utopian, theorizer, fantasizer, romancer, Don Quixote, escapist, Walter Mitty, fantasist, fantast Definition a visionary person Visionaries see the world not as it is but as it could be. Synonyms idealist, romantic, dreamer, daydreamer, utopian, enthusiast (archaic), theorist, zealot, Don Quixote - idea
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