Antonym: materialism. Similar words: idealist, idealistic, idealize, realism, surrealism, ideal, ideally, deal in. Meaning: ['aɪ'dɪəlɪzm] 
n. 1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality 2. impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are 3. elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued.
n. 1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality 2. impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are 3. elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued. 
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1 She blasted away at his false idealism.
2 She never lost her respect for the idealism of the 1960s.
3 Idealism has no place in modern politics.
4 Idealism is opposite to / from materialism.
5 He was full of youthful idealism.
6 They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
7 They're channelling the natural resources of youthful idealism into political action.
8 His idealism had been soured by the varied spectacle of human folly.
9 He didn't see the slightest incongruity between the idealism of his plays and his own morals.
10 She never lost her youthful idealism and campaigned for just causes all her life.
11 His viewpoint is remarkably free of idealism or cant.
12 However,[www.Sentencedict.com] their idealism is tempered with realism.
13 They still have much of their youthful idealism.
14 It had about it the idealism of youth.
15 The relationship between idealism and politics is not academic.
16 For though neither empiricism nor idealism are satisfactory in themselves, Ishmael does make use of both.
17 For these reasons, however, left idealism constitutes a very serious attack on correctionalism under capitalism.
18 Idealism apart, this long chapter has made strikingly little mention of individual motives or decisions.
19 Surely the role of idealism is as a motivating aspiration and a yardstick.
20 I had expected defensiveness and brittle idealism, but I was wrong.
21 Top-flight staffers joined his administration, attracted by his idealism and star quality.
22 Idealism was deeply discredited by the failure to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War.
23 Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. 
24 To some extent, it has something of conservatism complying with reality, and rejects idealism and transcendentalism.
25 The destruction of war and the death of millions of young people shook the foundations of Western idealism.
26 In short, leaders attempt to bridge the gap between idealism and pragmatism.
27 The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country. Robert F. Kennedy
28 Actually, the brigade had been there since 1963. journey from idealism to a hard line with regard to the Soviets.
29 But it is worse it's also a history of mechanical idealism excusing criminal stupidity.
30 The captain's love remains on this exalted plane throughout scenes of action in which idealism is not always satisfactorily integrated.
More similar words: idealist, idealistic, idealize, realism, surrealism, ideal, ideally, deal in, beau ideal, realist, realise, realised, realistic, double-dealing, talisman, vandalism, fatalism, socialism, pluralism, journalism, feudalism, mutualism, liberalism, gradualism, imperialism, communalism, federalism, minimalism, capitalism, radicalism.