idealistnoun [ C ]
uk/aɪˈdɪə.lɪst/us/aɪˈdiː.ə.lɪst/someone who believes that very good things can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others
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Unreal things and unreality
- cloud cuckoo land
- delusion
- delusional
- dummy
- escapism
- false hopes
- falsity
- fantasy
- fictionalize
- figment
- illusion
- la-la land
- make-believe
- never-never land
- phantasm
- pie
- pie in the sky idiom
- pious
- unreal
- untruth
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idealistic
adjective uk/ˌaɪ.dɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌaɪ.diː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
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When I was young and idealistic I believed it was possible to change the world.
idealistically
adverb uk/ˌaɪ.dɪəˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌaɪ.diː.əˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/