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idealism

[ahy-dee-uh-liz-uhm] / aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm /




NOUN
rose-colored glasses
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Based on these challenges, Koch suggests it may be necessary to revisit older philosophical ideas like idealism or panpsychism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

"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

He had always admired his wife’s idealism, her belief that the world could be made better, could be made orderly, could perhaps even be made perfect.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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