idealism
Example Sentences
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Or would we demand that she compromise her principles because it’s pragmatic to let go of the idealism of youth?
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
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
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
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
Experimentation thus required a deeply problematic balancing act between Platonic idealism and a crude empiricism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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