All 4 Uses of
idealism
in
Fast Food Nation
- "Don't forget this," Disney told them, "it's the law of the universe that the strong shall survive and the weak must fall by the way, and I don't give a damn what idealistic plan is cooked up, nothing can change that."†
p. 37.2
- Meeker named the idealistic new settlement after his boss at the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley, who had given some career advice that proved legendary: "Go west, young man."†
p. 150.7 *
- Idealistic college kids often dream of becoming chefs or farmers, instead of doctors and lawyers.†
p. 273.7
- Kattler is disappointed by how fast the idealism of 1989 vanished, but feels little nostalgia for the old East Germany.†
p. 250.7
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.