idealistic
[ ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh- ]
/ aɪˌdi əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌaɪ di ə- /
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How to use idealistic in a sentence
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