All 3 Uses of
idealism
in
Arrowsmith
- Gottlieb was worried: "I knew Tubbs was up to something idealistic and nasty when he came purring to me, but I did not t'ink he would try to turn you into a megaphone all so soon in one day!†
Chpt 29 *
- He told Clif that he was going to write a book exposing idealism, but what he meant was that he was going to do something clever about his dual engagement.†
Chpt 6
- He's got a bunch of nephews and so on in the German army, and the patriots like Big Foot Pearl will give an exhibit of idealism by persecuting him.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(idealism as in: youthful idealism) 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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Idealism can also reference the philosophical theory that there is no reality outside of ideas.