as in romantic
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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Within weeks of Molly’s arrival in Ireland, her relationship with Jason evolved from professional to romantic.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
10 May 2025 -
Smith, who was engaged to someone else, was in a romantic relationship with Brand more than 15 years ago.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Aguilar, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, downplayed impeachment talk as impractical to reporters Tuesday.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Apr. 2025
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While extended vacations may be impractical during economic downturns, the core idea remains relevant: managers must champion employee well-being to sustain performance.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Venus is joining forces with Neptune, bringing an idealistic spin to your friendship circles and social life.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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This is not to say that past presidents were necessarily more idealistic at their core (though Jimmy Carter probably was).—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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Soviet citizens in the 1980s could no longer ignore the glaring differences between the utopian promises of communism and the reality of an autocratic and incompetent regime.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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Ars Technica: Your AI take is that neither the dystopian view of sentient AI or the utopian view is necessarily correct.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 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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“Starry-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starry-eyed. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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