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idealist

noun as in person who holds fancies in mind, who believes in perfection

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"Their outlooks had much in common; and no doubt this close association between the idealist older scientist and the young, compassionate student, must have helped to form and to crystallise the convictions of Shapurji," Sehri writes in the book.

From BBC

Call me an idealist, but I also don’t think all of these voters are simply engaged in progressive virtue signaling.

From Slate

The idealist in me wanted to believe Jill could be right, but the realist in me wasn’t convinced.

Whether you’re a pragmatist who wants working boats now or an idealist dedicated to climate action, to me this debate makes one thing clear.

As a squirmy revenge maneuver, Samet engineers a dinner in secret with Nuray, which begins with a gripping dinnertime political debate between the blasé realist and the fierce idealist, fraught with more than one kind of tension.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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