the practice of living according to one's ideals
in philosophy, a theory that material objects have no reality and only mental acts, perceptions, sensations, and ideas, can truly be said to exist
in philosophy:
a theory that the essential nature of reality lies in consciousness or reason
a theory that only what is immediately perceived, e.g. sensations or ideas, is real
the representation of things in ideal forms
a literary or artistic theory or practice that values imagination and the representation of ideal types rather than a faithful copying of nature
idealist noun
idealistic adj
idealistically adv