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having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
- the starry-eyed notion that international sports competitions actually help foster global harmony
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“Starry-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starry-eyed. Accessed 17 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of starry-eyed was in 1824
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