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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
Or that a group of idealistic actors searching for a home for an outdoor theater would find the perfect natural amphitheater here—and build it into a Tony Award-winning company that draws audiences from across the country?
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Charles Usher,
Midwest Living,
10 June 2026
And how did an idealistic protest for protecting Black lives turn into a circle of silence surrounding the killing of a Black teenager?
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NPR,
4 June 2026
The best of them are idiosyncratic and idealistic in the extreme.
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Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Young, idealistic people who saw Hal as a mentor and would have followed him into any battle.
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Debora Cahn,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Charles Usher,
Midwest Living,
10 June 2026
And how did an idealistic protest for protecting Black lives turn into a circle of silence surrounding the killing of a Black teenager?
—
NPR,
4 June 2026
The best of them are idiosyncratic and idealistic in the extreme.
—
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Young, idealistic people who saw Hal as a mentor and would have followed him into any battle.
—
Debora Cahn,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for idealistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.
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The twisted romantic fantasy, directed by YouTuber Curry Barker, has generated $117 million internationally and a sensational $333 million globally to date.
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The firm at one earlier point had reportedly offered a service to screen against low intelligence in human embryos, which is a highly controversial and perhaps impractical idea.
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Pretty, functional storage solutions are the perfect antidote to impractical minimalism.
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Sagittarius is an idealist sign that can totally relate to this tale of enduring relationships.
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The contact with and dependence on such support arguably also bolstered art’s worldliness and acted as an antidote to the petit bourgeois affinity for idealist mystification.
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Southgate’s confident assertion that the tide of history was turning against bigotry now looks utopian, or even naïve.
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Le Guin depicts an alternative society much like humanity, but with one notable, utopian contingent.
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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