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idealistic

[ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh-] / aɪˌdi əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌaɪ di ə- /


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Q. Idealistic yet unorganized: I signed up in early November with a local nonprofit to be a secret Santa for children in my area.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2019

Idealistic, self-righteous, willfully blind: It’s a worldview calculated to appeal to the young.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2018

Idealistic but clear-minded, she wanted to help Tancítaro develop real institutions.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2018

Idealistic young members went into marginal neighborhoods and acted as health-care workers and religious teachers.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2016

In view of their prevailing spirit and tendency, they have been classified by Cousin as the Sensational, the Idealistic, the Skeptical, and the Mystical.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)




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