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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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Known for her deeply romantic yet refreshing take on femininity, Fang is a graduate from Central Saint Martins and was shortlisted for the 2019 edition of the LVMH Prize.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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Coming on top of an intense, high-value bidding war, Amazon MGM has landed the movie rights to The Last Letter, a romantic drama novel by Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
11 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
Adjective
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Samson noted that throughout fashion history, only garments for women have been designed with rear closures, with the possible exception amid the utopian Saint-Simonian sect in 19th-century France, when men wore waistcoats that fastened from behind, requiring assistance.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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He’s shown to have spent some time living in the utopian Oneida Community, an early free-love experiment remembered now as a cult, where he was rejected.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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