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idealism

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




NOUN
rose-colored glasses
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Based on these challenges, Koch suggests it may be necessary to revisit older philosophical ideas like idealism or panpsychism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Political power sandpapered the edges of her idealism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

At its centre is Anand "Annie" Grover, an endearing fifth-year student suspended between idealism and chronic distraction.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

In the High District, a few students, afire with idealism, made faces at their relatives huddled before the television screen with grim expressions and went out to join the procession.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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