idealism
Example Sentences
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"With his rigour, his courage and his idealism, he embodied a lofty idea of the Republic," said President Emmanuel Macron.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Political power sandpapered the edges of her idealism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
As Mrie recounts, Syrian democratic idealism curdled over time into infighting and worse.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
“He’s got all the idealism of the sixties with none of the reality checks. He’s not a criminal, he’s the exact opposite—totally innocent in every sense of the word.”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
