Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

    Idealismus

    идеали́змidealízm

    ідеалі́змidealízm

  2. (countable, uncountable)The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.

    Idealisierung

  3. (countable, uncountable)An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

    Idealismus

    идеали́змidealízm

    ідеалі́змidealízm

    (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The difference between materialism and idealism is that materialism works.

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  2. His wide-eyed idealism is really starting to get on my nerves.

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  3. Idealism has always been and remains a philosophy serving the conservative and reactionary classes.

    ruИдеализм всегда был и остается философией, обслуживающей консервативные и реакционные классы.

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  4. Faith is subjective idealism.

    ruВера - это субъективный идеализм.

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  5. Beware of idealism.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable:
Русский
By meaning 1
property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable:
practice of giving ideal character:

Origin

First attested 1796, from ideal + -ism.

First attested 1796, from ideal + -ism.

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Forms

plural: idealisms
Singularidealism
Pluralidealisms

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
philosophical idealism
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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