Synonyms of idealism

idealism

noun

as in optimism

the attitude of a person who believes that it is possible to live according to very high standards of behavior and honesty

youthful idealism

romantic idealism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• optimism
• carelessness
• frankness
• naiveté
• naïveté
• simpleness
• childishness
• impracticality
• sincerity
• naivete
• ingenuousness
• naivety
• unworldliness
• guilelessness
• naïvety
• artlessness
• greenness
• naturalness
• straightforwardness
• openness
• innocence
• unpretentiousness
• candor
• inexperience
• simplemindedness
• genuineness
• simplicity
• honesty
• insularity
• parochialism
• naiveness
• unsophistication
• rawness
• callowness
• viridity
• provincialism
• unaffectedness
• ignorance
• thoughtlessness
• heedlessness
• unawareness
• gullibility
• credulity
• impressionability
• obliviousness
• coltishness
• credulousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• artificiality
• dishonesty
• insincerity
• pretentiousness
• disbelief
• incredulity
• skepticism
• pessimism
• deviousness
• suspiciousness
• caution
• wariness
• maturity
• cynicism
• carefulness
• affectedness
• sophistication
• street smarts
• worldliness
• doubtfulness
• artfulness
• knowingness

Examples of idealism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By moving away from both radical reform and revolutionary idealism, Pezeshkian has shown that there is space in Iran for a governing coalition made up of moderate reformists and moderate conservatives (as opposed to hard-line conservatives), one that is anchored in pragmatic governance. —Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2024

Review: The latest film in an excellent series finds mythology turning into power, our critic writes, probing how the act of co-opting idealisms and converting them to dogmas has occurred many times over. —Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2024

Today’s young adults—so often stereotyped as quiet-quitters and socialist revolutionaries, driven by idealism and fixated on self-care—may seem a far cry from the suspenders-wearing yuppies of the Reagan era. —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024

Like their predecessors, modern-day pirates may be driven more by economic desperation than by any swashbuckling idealism. —The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024