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having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
idealistic pacifists who thought that tyranny could be toppled by rational argument and mutual understanding
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Recent Examples of idealistic
In a similar vein, pardon the pun, comes this Frank Wildhorn gothic musical about a Victorian-era doctor with two personalities, one an idealistic doctor, the other an evil murderer.
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Being young and idealistic is Paul’s superpower, and the fire in her belly inspires others to join her new organization, the National Women’s Party.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Set in the Deep South, the film follows Coach Walt McFadden, played by Michael Mosley (Ozark), a talented but idealistic assistant coach at Louisiana University who’s out of second chances.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Cuomo, 67, and Sliwa, 71, made last-minute efforts to characterize Mamdani as inexperienced and overly idealistic.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Being young and idealistic is Paul’s superpower, and the fire in her belly inspires others to join her new organization, the National Women’s Party.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Set in the Deep South, the film follows Coach Walt McFadden, played by Michael Mosley (Ozark), a talented but idealistic assistant coach at Louisiana University who’s out of second chances.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Cuomo, 67, and Sliwa, 71, made last-minute efforts to characterize Mamdani as inexperienced and overly idealistic.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
Adjective
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That sensibility is countered by Dina’s, who plays the romantic foil to Liberty’s pessimist.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Williams and Preti’s love story first made headlines in the summer of 2024 when the pair were spotted enjoying a romantic boat trip along Italy’s Amalfi Coast.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Critics lambasted those policies as impractical at best, reckless at worst.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Countach is also famously impractical and a pain to drive, so the next buyer will likely be taking on a more-than-usual stewardship role in terms of old supercars, the service not being to themselves but to the wider community, which gets to look at the Countach rather than operate it.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Wish-casting a better result for a confrontation in a different place, Vindman suppresses how much and how often America antagonized Russia through its idealist actions, rather than realist inaction.—
Samuel Moyn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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This, in turn, becomes logically reliant on the idealist paradigm of Consciousness as the fundamental lowest common denominator of reality.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The film, written by Barbosa alongside Werner Salles, is set in 1695 and sees a family of slaves organize a rebellion to flee in search of the utopian Quilombo dos Palmares following a call from the spiritual helm.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Flood’s playwright is haunted by the fact that her mother, like many in the movement, did eventually meet a man, settle down, and compromise on utopian ambitions to raise her kids.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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