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idealism
[ ahy-dee-uh-liz-uhm ]
noun
- the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- the practice of idealizing.
- something idealized; an ideal representation.
- Fine Arts. treatment of subject matter in a work of art in which a mental conception of beauty or form is stressed, characterized usually by the selection of particular features of various models and their combination into a whole according to a standard of perfection. Compare naturalism ( def 2 ), realism ( def 3a ).
- Philosophy.
- any system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas.
- the tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values.
idealism
/ ɪˈɪəˌɪə /
noun
- belief in or pursuance of ideals
- the tendency to represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are
- any of a group of philosophical doctrines that share the monistic view that material objects and the external world do not exist in reality independently of the human mind but are variously creations of the mind or constructs of ideas Compare materialism dualism
idealism
- An approach to philosophy that regards mind, spirit, or ideas as the most fundamental kinds of reality, or at least as governing our experience of the ordinary objects in the world. Idealism is opposed to materialism, naturalism , and realism . Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was an idealist; so was Immanuel Kant .
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپ, adverb
- ˈ, noun
- ˌˈپ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
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Example Sentences
Moseby doesn’t enter the story with any sort of idealism and yet he is still unmoored by just how cynical, sordid and despicable the world he is drawn into turns out to be.
In sharp contrast to Trump’s outrageous playground threats to seize territory illegally, reminding the world of the dark side of American power, Burkle exemplifies its humanitarian idealism put into practice.
“The day will come when the politicians do the right thing by our people out of political necessity and not out of charity or idealism,” Chavez said, sounding matter-of-fact in a recording of the speech.
The debate between idealism and pragmatism is one on which fans differ.
The extremes on either side of this view of color are realism and idealism.
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