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noun

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Adjective
Although Oppenheimer represented the idealist wing, who thought development of the bomb might lead to some good end, many of the physicists justified their work on purely empirical grounds. Longreads, 20 July 2023 But Weber’s idealist insights (that is, his focus on the way that ideals and beliefs direct other forces) should be supplemented with attention to structural forces. Nathan Wolff, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
Noun
For idealists and progressives, isolationism meant escaping realpolitik and enabling investment in the country’s economic well-being rather than in instruments of war. Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2024 That tense meeting of the Harris clan over Kamala’s career is a metaphor for a generation of idealists passing the torch to their more cold-eyed kids. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for idealist 

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