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idealism

[ahy-dee-uh-liz-uhm] / aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm /




NOUN
rose-colored glasses
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Idealism and a sense of purpose were essential to balancing the gravity of their mission, and humility tempered the power dynamic inherent in law enforcement work.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2025

Idealism is not a standard requirement for campaign combat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Idealism gave way to some cynicism about the potential for change, everything felt unsettled and the future seemed ominous and ambiguous.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022

So host Charles Duhigg asks Larissa MacFarquhar, author of Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help, a book about extreme altruists, to explain how people decide to do good.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2020

The “Principles of Human Knowledge” is the work in which Berkeley’s Idealism is chiefly set forth, and many have been the volumes and pamphlets written in reply.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles




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