impracticality

noun

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as in idealism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impracticality
  1. idealism
  2. optimism
  3. sincerity
  4. simplicity
  5. naivety
  6. naivete
Noun
  • Wonder hit the road with a brand of idealism steeped in his 1960s roots and the unity message of his personal hero the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Wonder hit the road with a brand of idealism steeped in his 1960s roots and the unity message of his personal hero, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of idealism
Noun
  • On foreign policy, Yoon — who has worked closely with Washington and Tokyo to solidify security cooperation in the face of North Korean threats — expressed optimism that the three-way partnership will continue to expand under Trump’s government.
    Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Even so, the firm expects any uncertainty will soon give way to optimism.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of optimism
Noun
  • Next, Dwight and his hulking bodyguard, Bigfoot, show up at Thresher’s weed farm itself, slinging accusations, which Thresher denies with apparent sincerity.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Generously candid, his humor is rivaled only by his sincerity.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • The production’s simplicity ditched the cliches that have accumulated around the play over decades.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Raines believes that simplicity also applies to his politics.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of simplicity
Noun
  • To the everyday sort of life, these are empty, almost useless ingredients for anything else, but to create in, to write in, idle time, free time, even boredom, and naivety are really important and can be so powerful.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • But there’s also a childish naivety to it: there’s nothing clever about the way James conducted himself in Dominik’s film.
    IndieWire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of naivety
Noun
  • The naivete is challenging to understand when attackers use virtually every standard tool—from hardware and software to cloud resources—to conduct their operations.
    Denis Mandich, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Anderson plays Shelley with a consummate sweetness that sometimes registers as naivete.
    Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
Definition of naivete
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