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" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
absolute idealismanimatismanimismarchetypeartaspirationatomismautismautistic thinkingberkeleianismbigheartednessbignesschivalrousnesschivalrycomplex ideadereismdereistic thinkingdreamdreameryelevation
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Adjective(1 words)
communalist theory
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (40)
flight of fancyformformal causegeistesgeschichtegenerositygenerousnessgreat heartgreatheartednessgreatnessgreatness of hearthegelian ideahegelianismheroismhigh goalhigh-mindednesshighest categoryhistory of ideashylozoismidealideality
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idealizationidealsideateideatumidee-forceimaginative exerciseimmaterialismimpracticalityinnate ideakantian ideakantianismknight errantryknight-errantryknightlinesslargeheartednessliberalityliberalnessloftinessmagnanimity
Noun(1 words)
Related words (66)
magnanimousnessmaterialismmetaphysical idealismmodelmonistic idealismneoplatonismnobilitynoble-mindednessnoblenessnoospherenoumenonopenhandednessoptimismpanpsychismpatternperceptpersonalismphilosophyplatonic formplatonic idea
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platonismplay 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(8 words)
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- Closest matches in this entry: absolute idealism, animatism, animism, archetype, art.
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesattitudebeliefdoctrinegrandeurimpracticalitymagnanimousnessnobilitynoblenessphilosophical doctrinephilosophical theoryphilosophy
More specific
8 entriesabsolute idealismmoral idealismpolitical idealismreligious idealismromantic idealismsubjective idealismtranscendental idealismutopianism
Collocations
5 entriesacademic idealismmoral idealismpolitical idealismpractical idealismreligious idealism
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
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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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "idealism"?
Closest matches include absolute idealism, animatism, animism, archetype, art.
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