idealism
Example Sentences
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"With his rigour, his courage and his idealism, he embodied a lofty idea of the Republic," said President Emmanuel Macron.
From BBC
Political power sandpapered the edges of her idealism.
As a college student, you have more imagination and idealism than a burned-out professional who feels pigeonholed into a particular industry.
People might, however, remember a moving or historic Oscar speech — a statement from a winner that inspires the exact kind of idealism the show is apparently so intent on bringing to its viewers.
From Salon
For Rosenzweig, World War I forced a reckoning with the habits of philosophy itself—above all, its tendency to smooth away individuals for the sake of idealism.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
