IDEALISM

idealism, high-mindedness, noble-mindedness

(noun) elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

idealism

(noun) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

idealism

(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

idealism (countable and uncountable, plural idealisms)

The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.

(philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

Synonym: philosophical idealism

Antonym: materialism

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Source: Wiktionary

I*de"al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. idéalisme.]

1. The quality or state of being ideal.

2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.

3. (Philos.)

Definition: The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition