idealistic

[ ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik, ahy-dee-uh- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to idealism or idealists.

Other Word Forms

• i·deal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• anti-i·deal·istic adjective
• anti-i·deal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·i·deal·istic adjective
• hyper·i·deal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• noni·deal·istic adjective
• noni·deal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• over·i·deal·istic adjective
• quasi-i·deal·istic adjective
• quasi-i·deal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• uni·deal·istic adjective
• uni·deal·isti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of idealistic¹

First recorded in 1820–30; idealist + -ic

Example Sentences

“Perhaps it's idealistic, but I think anyone that reflects on it would eventually reach the same conclusions. And from there, it is just about having the moral conviction to act.”

From Salon

It was utopian and idealistic, and the pods were designed with modular furniture built into the walls.

From Los Angeles Times

Secularism permeates the nation’s liberal founding documents — the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights — even as the history of Saint-Gaudens’ statue of my pious ancestor demonstrates the idealistic tenacity of religious faith.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s smart — perhaps not as bright and sensitive and idealistic as he is in Whitehead’s novel, but making him more of an everyman seems to be on purpose.

From Los Angeles Times

Those are also the building blocks of a society, a shaky foundation that forces the idealistic Tóth to flee one rotten country for another.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• idealized
• optimistic
• radical
• romantic
• utopian