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idealism

[ahy-dee-uh-liz-uhm] / aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm /




NOUN
rose-colored glasses
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Koch believes researchers may need to reconsider philosophical ideas such as idealism and panpsychism while continuing to apply modern scientific methods.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

When it steps outside its own borders, the country’s idealism can often augment its realism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

As the show’s host, Queen Latifah dispensed uplifting thoughts about American idealism throughout the evening but also got a slot of her own to do her classic “U.N.I.T.Y.” with help from a rambunctious drum line.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

But his highly anticipated return to the sci-fi summer blockbuster, the brilliant and beguiling “Disclosure Day,” is Spielberg’s most shameless appeal toward idealism yet.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Then he adds softly, "But in class, your idealism shows as well. Be careful of idealism, my boy, for idealism is the most dangerous doctrine of all."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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