idealismnoun [ U ]
uk/aɪˈdɪə.lɪ.zəm/us/aɪˈdiː.ə.lɪ.zəm/the belief that your ideals can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others:
She never lost her youthful idealism and campaigned for just causes all her life.
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specialized social sciences the belief in philosophy that objects in the world are ideas that only exist in the mind of God or people who see them
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
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- banner
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- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- notion
- stand
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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