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having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
idealistic pacifists who thought that tyranny could be toppled by rational argument and mutual understanding
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Recent Examples of idealistic
The past month in Lebanon, like the past year in Gaza, has demonstrated that Israel’s leaders have no idealistic pretensions about establishing a new political order in Lebanon or in the Strip.
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Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Mercury ignores insightful Uranus but adores the idealistic fantasies of Neptune.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 25 Oct. 2024
There’s reason to believe the vice president would continue the idealistic pursuit of rapprochement with Tehran, despite its consistent failure.
—Brian Penn, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
Kevin Macdonald’s One to One: John & Yoko creatively collages early ‘70s footage, exploring Lennon and Ono’s idealistic vision for a better world.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
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Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Mercury ignores insightful Uranus but adores the idealistic fantasies of Neptune.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 25 Oct. 2024
There’s reason to believe the vice president would continue the idealistic pursuit of rapprochement with Tehran, despite its consistent failure.
—Brian Penn, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
Kevin Macdonald’s One to One: John & Yoko creatively collages early ‘70s footage, exploring Lennon and Ono’s idealistic vision for a better world.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
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The style of the home was Italian Villa, an informal, romantic style.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Madison is flawless in these closing scenes: stunned, heartbroken, unable to respond to the tentative romantic gestures of a Russian henchman who's taken a shine to her.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trying to dampen political polarization in the news and on social media would be an obvious approach—although an impractical one, the two say, given how polarization has marketplace benefits in boosting audience sizes, engagement and political donations.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Consultants have traditionally filled this gap by providing impartial assessments, yet external advisors may miss crucial insights into a company’s products, culture or internal processes, leading to high-cost, impractical recommendations.Glen Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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In the new release, Temple plays idealist scientist Dr. Teddy Paine opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor’s General Rex Strickland — the overseer of a secret research facility dedicated to symbiotes.Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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The movie stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, an idealist architect with the power to control time, who is determined to rebuild a city that seems like New York after an accident plunges it into ruins.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
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Ultimately, while the dream that humanity will be freed from the shackles of labor and freed to pursue a life of leisure and creativity is attractive, the leap to this utopian state is far from guaranteed.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Our unnamed hero also takes time out from the battle to read a fantasy novel whose utopian fantasy realm — twist!Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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There are the holidays, there is the cooler weather, there are the end-of-year lists, the quixotic New Year's resolutions, all manner of things.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
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Bush launched a quixotic attempt to privatize America's most popular entitlement program.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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