There is also one type of idealism that says even without strength or intelligence you can do anything if you can merely persist.
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Idealism
//ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m//
Synonyms for "idealism" (127 found)
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loftinessmagnanimitymagnanimousnessmaterialismmetaphysical idealismmodelmonistic idealismneoplatonismnobilitynoble-mindednessnoblenessnoospherenoumenonopenhandednessoptimismpanpsychismpatternperceptpersonalismphilosophical idealism
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philosophyplatonic formplatonic ideaplatonismplay of fancyprincelinessprototypepsychismquixotismquixotryreaching highregulative first principleromanceromanticismsimple ideasolipsismspiritualismstylesubjectivismsublimitysubsistent formthe absolutethe absolute ideathe realized idealthe self-determinedtranscendent ideatranscendent nonempirical concepttranscendent universaltranscendentaluniversaluniversal conceptuniversal essenceunpracticalnessunrealismunrealityupward lookingutopianismvisionarinesswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinking
Noun(2 words)
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7 entriesAntonyms
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2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriescauses desire
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6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
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3 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِثَالِيَّة noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Armenian
1 entries- իդեալիզմ noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Bulgarian
1 entries- идеали́зъм noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Catalan
2 entries- idealisme noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealisme noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 唯心主義 /唯心主义 noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
- 理想主义 noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
Czech
1 entries- idealismus noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Esperanto
1 entries- ideismo noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Finnish
4 entries- idealisaatio noun (practice of giving ideal character)
- idealismi noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealismi noun (practice of giving ideal character)
- idealismi noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
French
2 entries- idéalisme noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idéalisme noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Galician
2 entries- idealismo noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealismo noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
German
3 entries- Idealisierung noun (practice of giving ideal character)
- Idealismus noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- Idealismus noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Greek
2 entries- ιδεαλισμός noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- ιδεαλισμός noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Hindi
4 entries- आदर्शवाद noun (practice of giving ideal character)
- आदर्शवाद noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
- प्रत्ययवाद noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
- भाववाद noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Icelandic
1 entries- hughyggja noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Ido
2 entries- idealismo noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealismo noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Indonesian
2 entries- idealisme noun (practice of giving ideal character)
- idealisme noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Irish
2 entries- idéalachas noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idéalachas noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Italian
2 entries- idealismo noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealismo noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Japanese
3 entries- イデアリスム noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
- 理想主義 noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- 観念論 noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Korean
2 entries- 리상주의 noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- 이상주의 noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
Lithuanian
2 entries- idealizmas noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealizmas noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Māori
1 entries- angaparuhi noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- îdealîzm noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- îdealîzm noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Polish
3 entries- idealizm noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealizm noun (practice of giving ideal character)
- idealizm noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Portuguese
1 entries- idealismo noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Romanian
2 entries- idealism noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealism noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Russian
2 entries- идеали́зм noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- идеали́зм noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- idealizam noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Slovene
2 entries- idealizem noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealizem noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Spanish
2 entries- idealismo noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealismo noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Tagalog
4 entries- pagkamakauliran noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- pagkamakauliran noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
- pagkamauliran noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- pagkamauliran noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Turkish
3 entries- idealizm noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- idealizm noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
- ülkücülük noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ідеалі́зм noun (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable)
- ідеалі́зм noun (an approach to philosophical enquiry)
Sample sentences
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There is a kind of idealism which says that if you just do your best, you will be able to do anything, regardless of intelligence or physical strength.
Source: tatoeba (756107)
And around the world, there’s a new generation of young people -- like you -- that are connected by technology, and driven by your idealism and your imagination, and you're working together to start new ventures, and to hold governments more accountable, and advance human dignity.
Source: tatoeba (6712728)
Faith is subjective idealism.
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