as in romantic
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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Dee Blum is an idealistic student who drops out of college to lead eco-tours in Costa Rica, much to her family’s disapproval.
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Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Third are people who are idealistic, but not ambitious.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Indeed, one of the feminist movement’s most radical and idealistic intellectual branches, a 1970s campaign called Wages for Housework, advocated for policies that, if ever implemented, genuinely might set off a baby boom.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
The song is about a disaffected veteran, but Reagan called it hopeful and idealistic.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Third are people who are idealistic, but not ambitious.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Indeed, one of the feminist movement’s most radical and idealistic intellectual branches, a 1970s campaign called Wages for Housework, advocated for policies that, if ever implemented, genuinely might set off a baby boom.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
The song is about a disaffected veteran, but Reagan called it hopeful and idealistic.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
Adjective
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Research published in Journal of Personality in 2016 shows that, in romantic relationships, conditional approval (even when masked as praise) undermines relationship quality by threatening your sense of autonomy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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His romantic relationship with Capt. Batel (Melanie Scrofano) is a particularly great way to further explore dimensions of both characters.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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Adding more throughput is unwieldy and impractical.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Maison Irem Pearl Bow Shoe Charms While swapping standard nylon laces for pearl strands might be an impractical venture, clipping on two little pearl bows at your sneakers’ centers is an effortless maneuver that will pay dividends in sheer beauty.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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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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Labour leader Starmer, though, has taken a realist rather than an idealist approach to the president, putting Britain's foreign policy interests above the strong opposition to Trump in the rank and file of his own party.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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All of this could lead to some wonderful utopian possibilities.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Some of the Family were virtuoso singers, others just filling in for a line or two at a time, but there was always that utopian tribal spirit.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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What sets Netflix Spain apart from most of the U.S. streamer’s international operations is its ambition, based not on quixotic dreams of grandeur but on the record-breaking first decade of generating key titles which perform well on home ground but break out spectacularly abroad.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 June 2025
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That’s a good question on many levels, especially since Walters (played by Charlie McCullagh) persuaded his wife, Carol (Evelyn Hoskins, in a dominant performance), and his best pal, Ron (Akron Watson), to fund and back his quixotic quest, despite its obvious risks to life and limb.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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