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idealistic

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


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Someone young, idealistic, like the kids they’d never had, would die as part of a well-intentioned but risky move from Hal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

But Kornev is young and infused with an idealistic zeal, refusing to let these goons stonewall him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"But we don't live in this idealistic world where everyone is logical. The passion of football fans is what makes the game great."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Of particular interest to a brainy, idealistic youth such as Farmer, Virchow helped define the field of medical anthropology—the study of human health and disease and public health care systems.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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