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idealism

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




NOUN
rose-colored glasses
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Idealism and a sense of purpose were essential to balancing the gravity of their mission, and humility tempered the power dynamic inherent in law enforcement work.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2025

Idealism and realism coexist as the show’s denizens raise a glass “to the world we dream about, and the one we live in now.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

So host Charles Duhigg asks Larissa MacFarquhar, author of Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help, a book about extreme altruists, to explain how people decide to do good.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2020

Idealism is satisfying, yes, but experience suggests pragmatism is more likely to help us achieve less apocalyptic outcomes than the current catastrophe.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2018

Idealism is a part, of the world, a small and dependent part of it.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George




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