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idealistic

[ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh-] / aɪˌdi əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌaɪ di ə- /


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He's very idealistic about the topics that he uncovered.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Yet the noble aims of the academy begin to look like idealistic naiveté when a group of Dutch law students—who have lost much in the war—bristle at the mixed company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

A notion that blossomed from an idealistic vision was Martinized into a cult-like excursion for the privileged.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

"Martian was once idealistic and full of hope, then his moral compass gets eroded by the things he has to do and the sacrifices that go into it."

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Nothing in either of my two careers as a black man in America had served to give me any idealistic tendencies.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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