as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
idealistic pacifists who thought that tyranny could be toppled by rational argument and mutual understanding
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Recent Examples of idealistic
One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
Intensely sensitive, idealistic, and craving depth in nearly every conversation, a Gemini and a Pisces are meant to be like oil and water.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
And some of his proposals were the products of an idealistic, romantically inclined mind, such as prohibiting physicians from collecting a fee if a patient in their care died, and abolishing capital punishment in Fort Worth.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2025
The interviews paint a picture of an idealistic leader set on achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) — a type of AI that mimics human capabilities — and transforming China into a technology innovator.
—Anniek Bao,dylan Butts, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
Intensely sensitive, idealistic, and craving depth in nearly every conversation, a Gemini and a Pisces are meant to be like oil and water.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
And some of his proposals were the products of an idealistic, romantically inclined mind, such as prohibiting physicians from collecting a fee if a patient in their care died, and abolishing capital punishment in Fort Worth.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2025
The interviews paint a picture of an idealistic leader set on achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) — a type of AI that mimics human capabilities — and transforming China into a technology innovator.
—Anniek Bao,dylan Butts, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealistic
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After the invisible-car antics of Die Another Day, Daniel Craig's series of turns as Bond brought the franchise back to basics, beginning with 2006's romantic, suspenseful Casino Royale.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The moment was born out of a need for Edward to have something to do in the hotel while Vivian comes looking for him, leading into to a romantic sequence.—
Kate Hogan,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The most innovative ideas often seem strange or impractical at first.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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European Army and the EU The nebulous idea of a European military has long floated around, but mostly dismissed as impractical and unnecessary while NATO exists in its current form.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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This, in turn, becomes logically reliant on the idealist paradigm of Consciousness as the fundamental lowest common denominator of reality.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Labour leader Starmer, though, has taken a realist rather than an idealist approach to the president, putting Britain's foreign policy interests above the strong opposition to Trump in the rank and file of his own party.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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And underpinning all of this is the relentless march of technology, most notably the explosion of artificial intelligence, which promises both utopian opportunities and dystopian pitfalls.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Novels about women’s communities tend toward utopian coexistence or ruthless backbiting.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Or the sudden, quixotic tariffs on Canada and Mexico.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Tarantino has a quixotic belief about what film can accomplish.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealistic. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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