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idealism

noun as in rose-colored glasses

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Example Sentences

That is where the link between realism and idealism specifically originates.

From Time

It is in that rendezvous with a wider world that realism and idealism are destined to coexist.

From Time

His saga, which has escalated to the trade request and staredown phase, is a bizarre case of a team draining its young superstar’s idealism in record time.

A little bit of idealism will go a long way in softening the ground on a daunting issue.

From Fortune

Remember the idealism and love of country that brought you to service.

Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.

Pope Paul VI and the Church at that time could be forgiven for puritanical idealism.

TR reinvigorated the office after a succession of grey presidents with his unself-conscious energy, idealism and determination.

By doing so, we will also achieve what Du Bois championed: practical idealism based in lifelong learning.

For Moses, the idealism of Freedom Summer was inseparable from the practical task of making it work.

Brahmanism carried idealism to the extent of denying any reality to sense or matter, declaring that sense is a delusion.

Never, certainly, did age more need his high idealism to teach a nobler rule in national and private life.

Briefly, by enlarging his enterprise, Terry threw away the immediate advantage of his personal idealism and charm.

Before his paintings and engravings pale idealism disappeared.

Cornelius endeavoured to raise the masses to his level, paid for his idealism with unpopularity, and was never understood.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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