idealism
Example Sentences
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Players themselves were caught up in the strife and idealism of the era, Mr. Gittlitz shows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
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
But as I lay there in my bed that night with my brother asleep beside me, I couldn’t seem to muster up any sort of idealism.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
