idealism
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That’s the best part of the film’s fantasy aspects: Realism gives way to idealism, letting the story concentrate on its heart rather than its loins.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
And there’s even a sense of idealism about his ambition.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
“It’s the idealism of historic preservation butting up against the cost of human safety,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Koch believes researchers may need to reconsider philosophical ideas such as idealism and panpsychism while continuing to apply modern scientific methods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the late sixties, civil rights activists might have harnessed the great idealism that the southern movement inspired in Americans.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Vocabulary lists containing idealism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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"The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton
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Cesar Chavez's Commonwealth Club Address (1984)
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