idealist
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He is a situational bear, a situational bull and, almost despite himself, at age 87, a gruff, perpetual, starry-eyed idealist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
On the other, "she had the restlessness of an idealist with a certain anger at the world as it was", Eve, now 67, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
Call me an idealist, but I also don’t think all of these voters are simply engaged in progressive virtue signaling.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2024
“Oh. Suddenly you agree that your young idealist is a criminal.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Refn: We were both naive idealists and we both had an enormous amount of emotions within us that we were trying to find places to unleash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"There are Don Quixotes and Sanchos: idealists and pragmatists. Some may find the transparency of crystals fascinating, while others are interested in their smell and whether they're edible," García-Ruiz pointed out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
By contrast, to idealists, such as the so-called color fictionalists, everything is unreal — including color.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024
They’re ideas people, glass half full types, idealists but also stubborn visionaries.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
By the time they graduated, he had fallen for Shaker Heights as well, the way Elena described it: the first planned community, the most progressive community, the perfect place for young idealists.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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A Raisin in the Sun
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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