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idealism | idealise |

As a noun idealism

is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

As a verb idealise is

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idealism

Noun

  • The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
  • (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
  • Synonyms

    * (philosophy) philosophical idealism

    Antonyms

    * (philosophy) materialism

    Derived terms

    * epistemological idealism * metaphysical idealism

    See also

    * realism * pragmatism * materialism * physicalism

    References

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    idealise

    English

    Verb

    (idealis)