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having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
idealistic pacifists who thought that tyranny could be toppled by rational argument and mutual understanding
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Recent Examples of idealistic
All this may sound idealistic, but so far it’s been great.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 May 2025
Lula insists on pacifism in an idealistic way that is unusual among world leaders.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 8 May 2025
Due to this idealistic energy, people will help each other.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
While intuitive insights are available, there is a risk of becoming too idealistic or detached from reality.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 May 2025
Lula insists on pacifism in an idealistic way that is unusual among world leaders.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 8 May 2025
Due to this idealistic energy, people will help each other.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
While intuitive insights are available, there is a risk of becoming too idealistic or detached from reality.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
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Saturday, June 14 Remembering Love Jones Presented by Walmart Synopsis: Join us for a rare and intimate conversation with Nia Long and Larenz Tate celebrating the legacy of Love Jones (1997), the iconic romantic drama written and directed by Theodore Witcher.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 May 2025
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This lusty trine activates your exotic ninth house and flirtatious fifth house, bringing romantic storylines, creative breakthroughs and a little adventure that spices things up in more ways than one.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Imagine someone championing a project others deem impractical but later becoming the pioneer of a game-changing approach.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Additionally, much of the country's housing stock is older, making retrofitting AC units both costly and impractical.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 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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Jason Momoa will star alongside Alcock as Lobo, an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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What begins as an architectural experiment becomes an eccentric and emotional journey into isolation, celebrity, and the limits of utopian idealism.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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There will be protests and lawsuits, but several brands ― from the old and historic to new and quixotic ― need to go, for the ultimate good of the automaker’s shareholders, workers and dealers.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The second believed the United States could attain comprehensive security through military-technological means and saw diplomacy as a quixotic or pusillanimous enterprise that dishonored and weakened the country.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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