idealism

Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.

Pope Paul VI and the Church at that time could be forgiven for puritanical idealism.

TR reinvigorated the office after a succession of grey presidents with his unself-conscious energy, idealism and determination.

By doing so, we will also achieve what Du Bois championed: practical idealism based in lifelong learning.

For Moses, the idealism of Freedom Summer was inseparable from the practical task of making it work.

Brahmanism carried idealism to the extent of denying any reality to sense or matter, declaring that sense is a delusion.

Never, certainly, did age more need his high idealism to teach a nobler rule in national and private life.

Briefly, by enlarging his enterprise, Terry threw away the immediate advantage of his personal idealism and charm.

Before his paintings and engravings pale idealism disappeared.

Cornelius endeavoured to raise the masses to his level, paid for his idealism with unpopularity, and was never understood.