idealistic
Example Sentences
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Marcela, who got into politics as an idealistic climate activist, worried he might be an “egomaniac.”
From Washington Post
“It was his most perfect and idealistic work of architecture.”
From Washington Post
The defense lawyer initially assigned to her case is well-meaning, but frightened and ineffective; the hard-driving prosecutor who demands the death penalty for an abused 15-year-old is self-aggrandizing but, in his own way, idealistic.
From Washington Post
Leguizamo said until then he had been idealistic and believed in American meritocracy.
From Los Angeles Times
In a 30-minute address, Biden wrapped Ireland into the idealistic description he usually reserves for United States, linking the two countries on subjects ranging from democracy to clean energy to the war in Ukraine.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.