idealism
Example Sentences
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Visiting these real-life, would-be utopias is a necessary education for anyone interested in how human idealism often accounted for everything except for the natural environment around it.
From Los Angeles Times
“It has idealism,” he said of the sonata.
From New York Times
The optimism and idealism seen in our culture in the early '60s died when Kennedy did.
From Salon
It’s an action game that strives for personal reflection — the efforts to maintain a sense of idealism amid numerous tragedies and personal disappointments .
From Los Angeles Times
Even amid the degradation of his people and the rank hypocrisy of such a seemingly shallow celebration, Douglass defended the idealism of the Framers.
From Seattle Times
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