idealistic
[ ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh- ]
/ aɪˌdi əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌaɪ di ə- /
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Example sentences from the Web for idealistic
He started out his tenure by talking directly and idealistically to the Muslim world.
Was not Plato in interpreting him idealistically reading his own thought into Parmenides?
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. StaceThe faith of the modern man cleaves to a life conceived and directed idealistically.
The Reform of Education|Giovanni GentileOne feels inclined idealistically to ask, 'Ought poets to sell?'
Prose Fancies|Richard Le Gallienne