idealism
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And there’s even a sense of idealism about his ambition.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 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
As the show’s host, Queen Latifah dispensed uplifting thoughts about American idealism throughout the evening but also got a slot of her own to do her classic “U.N.I.T.Y.” with help from a rambunctious drum line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
This was the lofty idealism of Neoclassicism, that a building should capture the pure expression of one single grand thought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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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