idealistic

[ ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh- ]

/ aɪˌdi əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌaɪ di ə- /

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adjective

of or relating to idealism or idealists.

Also i·de·al·is·ti·cal .

Origin of idealistic

First recorded in 1820–30; idealist + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM idealistic

i·de·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti-i·de·al·is·tic, adjectivean·ti-i·de·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbhy·per·i·de·al·is·tic, adjective

hy·per·i·de·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·i·de·al·is·tic, adjectivenon·i·de·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbo·ver·i·de·al·is·tic, adjectivequa·si-i·de·al·is·tic, adjectivequa·si-i·de·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·i·de·al·is·tic, adjectiveun·i·de·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby idealistic

ideal element, ideal gas, ideal gas law, idealism, idealist, idealistic, ideality, idealization, idealize, idealized image, ideally

Example sentences from the Web for idealistic

My relationship with foreign cultures began, like many privileged Americans, with an idealistic college semester abroad.
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As idealistic as Don is cynical, Ms. Farrell actually seems to love Don, and they develop a sweet, pseudo-domestic routine.
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At first blush, it seems like a rare self-abnegating and idealistic move by a corporate giant.
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The State of the Union address is always a long list of idealistic political projects.
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Her resentful and unloving husband Edward Casubon, and the idealistic but impoverished Will Ladislaw.
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In this, her own field of moral judgment, woman is idealistic and uncompromising.
Woman in Modern Society|Earl Barnes
In a fourth a system of idealistic metaphysics is being excogitated; in a fifth the impossibility of metaphysics is being shown.
Pragmatism|William James
All the conditions of life are measured by money, and what brings no money is nonsense, unpractical, idealistic bosh.
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844|Frederick Engels
Midway between trade unionism and the simon-pure, idealistic reform philosophies stood producers' and consumers' cooperation.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
But the programme they had proposed was idealistic, not practical.
The Fight For The Republic in China|Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale