Idealist

Word IDEALIST
Character 8
Hyphenation i de al ist
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Idealist"

What do we mean by idealist?

One whose conduct or thinking is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations. noun

An artist or writer whose work is imbued with idealism. noun

An adherent of any system of philosophical idealism. noun

One who holds some form of the philosophical doctrine of idealism: opposed to realist. noun

One who pursues or dwells upon the ideal; a seeker after the highest beauty or good. noun

An imaginative, unpractical person; a day-dreamer. noun

One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations. noun

One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In senses 4 and 5 of idealism, opposed to realist. noun

One who adheres to idealism. noun

Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality. noun

An unrealistic or impractical visionary. noun

Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations noun

One who adheres to idealism.

Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality.

An unrealistic or impractical visionary.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Idealist

The word "idealist" in example sentences

In this chapter the word idealist will be used in several ways. ❋ Gerald N. Grob (1967)

In years past, this would be a familiar race between a member of the Albany machine (Mr. DiNapoli entered New York politics at the age of 18) and a young idealist from the lost tribe known as the New York Republicans. ❋ Daniel Henninger (2010)

Long-ago Democratic president Woodrow Wilson, meanwhile, known to most of us as a modestly progressive idealist, is in the right-wing canon America's first fascist ruler. ❋ Michael Tomasky (2010)

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In November 1910, Francisco Madero, a young idealist from a wealthy family, supported by ragtag armies under Pancho Villa in the north and Zapata in the south, led a revolt against the Diaz administration. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Their homes and galleries may be all the soul desires; but the instant they venture on the streets of the city, they have left the realm of beauty for an unsightly dominion, where the utilitarian makes the world hideous and survives, and the idealist is banished or exterminated. ❋ Unknown (1900)

One could classify as idealist a collective security system that weighted all states equally and expected them to sacrifice blood and treasure for nonvital interests. ❋ Gideon Rose (2010)

I am an idealist, but I†™ m a pragmatic idealist, that is, the ideals I†™ m willing to believe in have to be workable in the real world which I accept will never be perfect. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Thus, they are far wilier than their idealist counterparts for whom many used to be (remember: the last refuge of the idealist is a cynic?) and they seem far more worldly wise. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I think he's an idealist, which is good, but I think he's way off base here. ❋ Unknown (2002)

He was, in other words, an idealist, but unlike too many idealists he was sternly practical. ❋ Emmett Jay (1916)

The difference may be summarized in the statement that the idealist is a man of spirit, or idea, in that he trusts the evidence of the soul; while the materialist is a man of flesh, or sense, in that he believes only what is evident to the senses. ❋ William Joseph Long (1909)

It is melancholy to recall the idealist enthusiasms which preceded the Exhibition of 1851, and to contrast them with the realities of the present hour. ❋ George William Erskine Russell (1886)

The realist he defined as one who aims at reproducing the external phenomena of nature, while the idealist is the man who 'imagines things of fine interest.' ❋ Oscar Wilde (1877)

An idealist that is to say, not distinguishing the spirit from the substance, Jesus, whose words, to use the image of the Apocalypse, were as a two-edged sword, never completely satisfied the powers of earth. ❋ Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 (1863)

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