idealistic

Also i·de·al·is·ti·cal

[ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh-]

adjective

1. of or relating to idealism or idealists.

Other Word Forms

• idealistically adverb
• anti-idealistic adjective
• anti-idealistically adverb
• hyperidealistic adjective
• hyperidealistically adverb
• nonidealistic adjective
• nonidealistically adverb
• overidealistic adjective
• quasi-idealistic adjective
• quasi-idealistically adverb
• unidealistic adjective
• unidealistically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of idealistic¹

First recorded in 1820–30; idealist + -ic

Example Sentences

There, she worked on a farm, lived on a kibbutz and, with thousands of other idealistic European Jews who had moved to Eretz Israel, pursued the dream of creating a Jewish state.

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In practice that is a very valid thing to want but perhaps a bit idealistic and not something that actually delivered value into a consumer’s life.

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But if nothing else, the record shows Cat Burns is as human as the rest of us: Anxious, hopeful, downbeat, idealistic, flawed and funny.

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While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, gods and goddesses—theirs, with its focus on everyday individuals and events, can be seen as prosaic.

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We have tried to be true to the best, most idealistic of American values.

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Related Words

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• optimistic 
• radical 
• romantic 
• utopian