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单词 idealist
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Definition of idealist in English:

idealist

noun ʌɪˈdɪəlɪstaɪˈdi(ə)ləst
  • 1A person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.

    he came to power with the reputation of a left-wing idealist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An idealist tempered by realism, Holland was a doer, not a doubter.
    • The real idealist is a pragmatist and an economist.
    • A Wilsonian idealist sees democracy promotion as the foundation of national security.
    • A corner of government opened itself to young idealists.
    • Without pragmatists, idealists have no idea how to get there.
    • Idealists treat the sovereign independence of states as a basic cause of war and its attendant misery.
    • Frank, always the idealist, had no problem in deciding where he stood in all this.
    • Idealists around the world refuse to fight for their ideals.
    • Both were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world.
    • What the program did do was make me wonder about the hazards of being an idealist.
    • The ordinary man - the idealist - subordinates his interests to the interests of his ideals, and usually suffers for it.
    • Now I have seen several generations of young idealists come and go and the problems have worsened dramatically.
    • Whether religious or not, these bright young things are idealists fighting the good fight.
    • A materialist may have no more difficulty with idea or pattern than an idealist has with hardware.
    • Realists and idealists can both be effective leaders.
    • The youthful idealists were developing a cold cruelty.
    • I guess being an idealist, I often think that things are often not the way they should be.
    • I am an idealist, and I believe that we can and will fundamentally change our broken political system.
    • As students, we have the luxury of being political idealists, and it is time to put our ideas to work.
    • Affected by delusions, he had undertaken the action of an idealist without any notion of the consequences.
    Synonyms
    utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, Walter Mitty, Don Quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person
    rare fantast, reverist
  • 2Philosophy
    A person who believes in the theory of idealism.

    Hegel described himself as an absolute idealist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The greatest of philosophical idealists, the Greek Plato, founded around 25 centuries ago the first Socialist utopian system.
    • There is some disagreement as to whether phenomenalists should be labeled "idealists."
    • Phenomenalists, or idealists generally, will reply that realism is mistaken or even incoherent.
    • For Rorty, an idealist is someone who accepts a coherence theory of truth.
    • Idealists like Hegel and Fichte emphasized that our activities shape the way we see the world.

Rhymes

realist, surrealist

Definition of idealist in US English:

idealist

nounīˈdē(ə)ləstaɪˈdi(ə)ləst
  • 1A person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.

    he came to power with the reputation of a left-wing idealist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What the program did do was make me wonder about the hazards of being an idealist.
    • The real idealist is a pragmatist and an economist.
    • Realists and idealists can both be effective leaders.
    • I am an idealist, and I believe that we can and will fundamentally change our broken political system.
    • Whether religious or not, these bright young things are idealists fighting the good fight.
    • Frank, always the idealist, had no problem in deciding where he stood in all this.
    • Now I have seen several generations of young idealists come and go and the problems have worsened dramatically.
    • Idealists around the world refuse to fight for their ideals.
    • I guess being an idealist, I often think that things are often not the way they should be.
    • The youthful idealists were developing a cold cruelty.
    • A Wilsonian idealist sees democracy promotion as the foundation of national security.
    • As students, we have the luxury of being political idealists, and it is time to put our ideas to work.
    • Both were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world.
    • An idealist tempered by realism, Holland was a doer, not a doubter.
    • Idealists treat the sovereign independence of states as a basic cause of war and its attendant misery.
    • A materialist may have no more difficulty with idea or pattern than an idealist has with hardware.
    • Without pragmatists, idealists have no idea how to get there.
    • A corner of government opened itself to young idealists.
    • The ordinary man - the idealist - subordinates his interests to the interests of his ideals, and usually suffers for it.
    • Affected by delusions, he had undertaken the action of an idealist without any notion of the consequences.
    Synonyms
    utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, walter mitty, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person
  • 2Philosophy
    A person who believes in the theory of idealism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Idealists like Hegel and Fichte emphasized that our activities shape the way we see the world.
    • The greatest of philosophical idealists, the Greek Plato, founded around 25 centuries ago the first Socialist utopian system.
    • For Rorty, an idealist is someone who accepts a coherence theory of truth.
    • Phenomenalists, or idealists generally, will reply that realism is mistaken or even incoherent.
    • There is some disagreement as to whether phenomenalists should be labeled "idealists."
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