idealist
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“In Greg’s most optimistic, most idealist, most selfish version of the world, he would just write code on the most important thing,” Altman said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Callaghan gives off a scintilla of Matt Damon vibes, but is his own Rudy, keeping his naive idealist free from leading-man tics.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
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
Anyway, they have this discussion, and the kid is an idealist in a temporary way.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
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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