IDEALISM

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Meaning:

Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

Synonyms:

high-mindedness; idealism; noble-mindedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("idealism" is a kind of...):

grandeur; magnanimousness; nobility; nobleness (the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct)

Derivation:

idealist (someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations)

idealistic (of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style)

Meaning:

Impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("idealism" is a kind of...):

impracticality (concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idealism"):

romanticism (impractical romantic ideals and attitudes)

knight errantry; quixotism (quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior)

Derivation:

idealist (someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations)

Meaning:

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("idealism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

idealistic (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas)