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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Recent Examples of idealistic
The producer in Sullivan’s Travels (1941) wants the idealistic director to keep churning out variations on Ants in Your Pants of 1938, the producer in Sunset Blvd.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
Save for a few exceptions, the show’s casting seems to prioritize people who are relatively inexperienced and also idealistic in their views of romance.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
This idealistic, soulful sign often seeks out a respite that allows for opportunities to reconnect with themselves (mind, body, and soul) in some way—preferably near water, explains astrologer and life coach Lauren DeGolia.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2025
Forgive me if this sounds very idealistic.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
Save for a few exceptions, the show’s casting seems to prioritize people who are relatively inexperienced and also idealistic in their views of romance.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
This idealistic, soulful sign often seeks out a respite that allows for opportunities to reconnect with themselves (mind, body, and soul) in some way—preferably near water, explains astrologer and life coach Lauren DeGolia.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2025
Forgive me if this sounds very idealistic.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
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Account hopes to combat misogynistic online content Creators like Andrew Tate provide a pipeline for men seeking advice about romantic rejection, physical self-esteem and economic insecurity to fall into radicalism and misogyny.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Not a depiction of romantic bliss, but a kind of love song all the same.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Blockchain might revolutionize insurance claim processing while proving impractical for emergency communications.—
Chloe Demrovsky,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 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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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
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There would be adverts for iPhones that were utopian with interesting-looking people smiling holding these shiny devices.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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But Scott also looked at German scientific forestry; collective farming in the Soviet Union and Tanzania; utopian city planning in Chandigarh, India, and in Brasília; and Vladimir Lenin’s theories about the formation of revolutionary parties.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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There is a difference between quixotic and foolish.—
Ilan Stavans,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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