QUIXOTISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior

Synonyms:

knight errantry; quixotism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

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

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