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IDEALIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

Synonyms:

dreamer; idealist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("idealist" is a kind of...):

visionary (a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idealist"):

Don Quixote (any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero))

romantic (a soulful or amorous idealist)

Derivation:

idealism (elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued)

idealism (impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are)

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