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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

"With his rigour, his courage and his idealism, he embodied a lofty idea of the Republic," said President Emmanuel Macron.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

As a college student, you have more imagination and idealism than a burned-out professional who feels pigeonholed into a particular industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

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 • Mar. 16, 2026

The idealism I still nurtured as a fifteen-year-old did not have a racial component.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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