Definition for Idealism:

• In art, the stress put upon the value of the imagination as compared with the exact copying from nature to attain the highest type of any object; tendency to imagine things better than they are; the seeking of perfection; the doctrine that all our knowledge of objects is a knowledge of ideas.

Synonyms for Idealism:

• n.

  •
  • art deco,
  • art nouveau,
  • knight errantry,
  • baroque,
  • arts and crafts,
  • aspiration,
  • abstract expressionism,
  • brushwork,
  • idealization,
  • agitprop,
  • aquatint,
  • camp,
  • the avant-garde,
  • virtue,
  • principle,
  • conscience.
  •
  • concept,
  • thought,
  • philosophy,
  • belief,
  • commitment,
  • idea,
  • metaphysics,
  • ideal,
  • theory.
  •attribute (noun)
  • idealism.
  •greatness (noun)
  • generosity,
  • prominence,
  • chivalry,
  • dignity,
  • magnanimity,
  • celebrity,
  • heroism,
  • glory,
  • distinction,
  • merit,
  • renown,
  • note,
  • grandeur,
  • majesty,
  • morality,
  • loftiness,
  • nobility.
  •idealism (noun)
  • noble-mindedness.
  •perfection (noun)
  • evolution,
  • finishing,
  • transcendence,
  • superiority,
  • Perfectness,
  • entireness,
  • Impeccability,
  • phoenixes,
  • exquisiteness,
  • finishings,
  • accomplishment,
  • consummation,
  • Excellencies,
  • completion,
  • ripeness,
  • ending,
  • excellence,
  • precision,
  • purity,
  • Achieving,
  • maturity,
  • arete,
  • crown,
  • phoenix,
  • acme,
  • supremacy,
  • realization,
  • paragon,
  • integrity,
  • wholeness,
  • quality,
  • excellency,
  • fulfillment,
  • exactness,
  • finish,
  • faultlessness.
  •rose-colored glasses (noun)
  • hope.

• Other synonyms:

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  • impracticality.
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  • soul.
  •idealism
  • spiritualism.

Paraphrases for Idealism:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vision.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    idealist, ideal.

Antonyms for Idealism:

• n.

  • greatness
    littleness, unimportance, smallness, tininess, insignificance.
  • optimism
    doubt, hopelessness, fear, depression, gloom, unhappiness, distrust, sadness, uncertainty, sorrow, discouragement, pessimism.
  • perfection
    deficiency, dishonor, uselessness, flaw, subservience, failure, beginning, frustration, inferiority, commencement, damage, imperfection, worthlessness, start, introduction, incompleteness.

Idealism Sentence Examples:

• " And so," said Enoch, " returning to the answer to your original question, I have found it hard to keep to any sort of fine idealism, partly because of my own inward struggles and partly because politics is a vile game anyhow."

• His views concerning civil liberty were even more remarkable for his time than his views concerning religious liberty; but they were not developed in a passionate nature inspired by an enthusiastic idealism.

Hypernym for Idealism:

• n.

  • attribute
    romanticism, knight errantry, quixotism.

Hyponym for Idealism:

• n.

  • attribute
    impracticality.
  • cognition
    philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory.