idealist
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Maybe it’s idealist and naive, or apple-pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking, but I believe that they can win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
He is a situational bear, a situational bull and, almost despite himself, at age 87, a gruff, perpetual, starry-eyed idealist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
On the other, "she had the restlessness of an idealist with a certain anger at the world as it was", Eve, now 67, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
“That young idealist must be floundering somewhere at this very moment. It will break the girls’ hearts, just as it’s breaking mine.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Refn: We were both naive idealists and we both had an enormous amount of emotions within us that we were trying to find places to unleash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"There are Don Quixotes and Sanchos: idealists and pragmatists. Some may find the transparency of crystals fascinating, while others are interested in their smell and whether they're edible," García-Ruiz pointed out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
They’re ideas people, glass half full types, idealists but also stubborn visionaries.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Plus, the AWU-CWA may have another appeal for Google’s idealists.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2023
And if my friends are idealists, then my realism would feel negative to them.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Vocabulary lists containing idealist
A Raisin in the Sun
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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