As nouns the difference between idealism and pacifism
is that idealism is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life while pacifism is the doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence.
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
Related terms
* idealist
* idealistic
* idealistically
See also
* realism
* pragmatism
* materialism
* physicalism
References
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pacifism
English
Noun
(
wikipedia pacifism)
The doctrine that disputes (especially between countries) should be settled without recourse to violence.
Related terms
* pacific
* pacifist
Antonyms
* bellicism
* militarism