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Idealism

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Noun

1. idealism

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

2. idealism

impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

3. high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness

elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Idealism

see synonyms of idealism
noun
1. 
belief in or pursuance of ideals
2. 
the tendency to represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are
3. 
any of a group of philosophical doctrines that share the monistic view that material objects and the external world do not exist in reality independently of the human mind but are variously creations of the mind or constructs of ideas
Compare materialism (sense 2), dualism (sense 2)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Idealism

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noun
1. 
behavior or thought based on a conception of things as they should be or as one would wish them to be; idealization
2. 
a striving to achieve one's ideals
3. 
imaginative treatment in art that seeks to show the artist's or author's conception of perfection; representation of imagined types, or ideals
see also realism
4.  Philosophy
any of various theories which hold that:
a. 
things exist only as ideas in the mind rather than as material objects independent of the mind
see also realism
b. 
things in the material world are actually manifestations of an independent realm of unchanging, immaterial models or forms
see also materialism

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Idealism

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n.
1. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal and often impractical form.
2. Pursuit of one's ideals, often without regard to practical ends.
3. Idealized treatment of a subject in literature or art.
4. Philosophy The theory that the object of external perception, in itself or as perceived, consists of ideas.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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