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idealism
noun
(i-de-al-ism)
elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
Synonyms:
high-mindedness, noble-mindedness,
idealism
noun
(i-de-al-ism)
impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
idealism
noun
(i-de-al-ism)
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
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high-mindedness
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noble-mindedness
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idealist
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vision
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ideal
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pragmatism
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romanticism
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humanism
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utopianism
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liberalism
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intellectualism
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cynicism
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ideology
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internationalism
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naivete
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individualism
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rationalism
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moralism
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nihilism
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patriotism
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positivism
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nationalism
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progressivism
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zeal
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altruism
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morality
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egalitarianism
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radicalism
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ethos
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egotism
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sentimentalism
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conservatism
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worldview
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egoism
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sentimentality
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idealists
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ideals
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hopefulness
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philosophical doctrine
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leftism
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earnestness
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sensibility
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iconoclasm
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populism
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subversiveness
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utopian socialism
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centrism
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realpolitik
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ingenuousness
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universalism
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activism
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spirit
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hubris
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inwardness
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fatalism
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unreason
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vivacity
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traditionalism
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eloquence
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reformism
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messianism
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worldliness
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classicism
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emotionalism
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voluntarism
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nostalgia
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spiritedness
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pacifism
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environmentalism
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limitlessness
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rebelliousness
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yearning
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fervency
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wishfulness
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zealotry
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rugged individualism
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indomitability
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compassion
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exuberance
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modernism
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modernity
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statism
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noblesse oblige
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spontaneity
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misanthropy
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grandiloquence
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nobility
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ruefulness
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perfectibility
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humanness
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passion
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wholeheartedness
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entrepreneurialism
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ambition
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virtuousness
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urbanity
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transcendentalist
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ardency
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piety
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intellectuality
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idealism
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