Meaning of IDEALIST
| Pronunciation: | | I'deeulist
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations |
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| | Synonyms: | | dreamer |
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| | See Also: | | Don Quixote, illusionist, romantic, seer, visionary | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \I*de"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. id['e]aliste.]
1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one
given to romantic expectations.
2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
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| | Related Terms: | | animist, animistic, Berkeleian, daydreamer, Don Quixote, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, enthusiast, escapist, Hegelian, idealistic, immaterialist, Kantian, lotus-eater, Neoplatonic, Neoplatonist, Neoplatonistic, panpsychist, panpsychistic, Platonic, Platonist, Platonistic, prophet, psychist, Quixote, rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist, seer, solipsistic, spiritualist, spiritualistic, unrealistic, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, visionary, wishful thinker |
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