Idealist

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  • noun. One whose conduct or thinking is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations.
  • noun. An artist or writer whose work is imbued with idealism.
  • noun. An adherent of any system of philosophical idealism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who holds some form of the philosophical doctrine of idealism: opposed to realist.
  • noun. One who pursues or dwells upon the ideal; a seeker after the highest beauty or good.
  • noun. An imaginative, unpractical person; a day-dreamer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
  • noun. One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In senses 4 and 5 of idealism, opposed to realist.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who adheres to idealism.
  • noun. Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality.
  • noun. An unrealistic or impractical visionary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
    • Word Usage
    "In this chapter the word idealist will be used in several ways."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    realist  
    cross-reference
    cosmothetic idealist  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    visionary  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Don Quixote  romantic  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    devotee  dreamer  educator  enthusiast  humanist  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Berkeleian  Don Quixote  Hegelian  Kantian  Neoplatonic  
    variant
    idealism  
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