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1 —as in:
youthful idealism

Definition

the belief that behavior should be guided by high ideals or standards and often that good things will result — sometimes used to imply that such beliefs are unrealistic

We are all inspired by her strong idealism.

idealism = the belief that behavior should be guided by high ideals or standards

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Carl Jung
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
David T. Wolf
At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political ideas.
Aldous Huxley
Romance may be called Idealism in the realm of sentiment.
Fletcher, Robert Huntington -- A History of English Literature
How could I explain my idealism to this man?
London, Jack -- The Sea Wolf
It sharpened idealism, stirred the soul.
Forster, E. M. -- Howards End
I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system—that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

idealist = someone who unrealistically believes that behavior should be guided by high ideals and standards

My grandmother, LaRue, had come of age in the 1950s, in the decade of idealistic fever that burned after World War II.
Tara Westover -- Educated

idealistic = having the belief that behavior should be guided by high ideals or standards

He was an extremely intense young man and possessed a streak of stubborn idealism that did not mesh readily with modern existence.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

idealism = belief that behavior should be guided by high ideals or standards

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2 —as in:
philosophical idealism

Definition

the philosophical theory that there is no reality outside of ideas

In his Critique of Pure Reason, Kant distinguished his transcendental idealism from Descartes's Sceptical Idealism and Berkeley's Dogmatic Idealism.

idealism = the philosophical theory that there is no reality outside of ideas

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Idealism dominated 19th-century Western philosophical thought.

idealism = the philosophical theory that there is no reality outside of ideas

We can begin to state the difference between realism and idealism in terms of this opposition of contents and objects.
Russell, Bertrand -- The Analysis of Mind
I enrolled in every course I could squeeze into my schedule, from German idealism to the history of secularism to ethics and law.
Tara Westover -- Educated

idealism = the philosophical theory that there is no reality outside of ideas

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