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idealist

[ahy-dee-uh-list] / aɪˈdi ə lɪst /


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Maguire and his staff are hippie idealists, wary of sullying their political mission with trivialities like record reviews.

From Los Angeles Times

Amodei is an idealist who represents the historically liberal wing of Silicon Valley, concerned about unleashing AI without proper guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal

Love is never that simple, and Song’s take on the romantic comedy is not for the idealists who believe it can be.

From Salon

“A moral man who led an immoral life, an idealist who had betrayed his ideals. No one despised Richard as much as Richard himself.”

From Los Angeles Times

And Chinese media describe him as a "technical idealist" - he insists on keeping DeepSeek as an open-source platform.

From BBC