idealistic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- anti-idealistic adjective
- anti-idealistically adverb
- hyperidealistic adjective
- hyperidealistically adverb
- idealistically adverb
- nonidealistic adjective
- nonidealistically adverb
- overidealistic adjective
- quasi-idealistic adjective
- quasi-idealistically adverb
- unidealistic adjective
- unidealistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of idealistic
Example Sentences
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Chutiphong Pipoppinyo was part of the "orange wave" of idealistic young candidates who stunned Thailand in the 2023 election by winning more seats for the progressive Move Forward party than any other party.
From BBC
It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.
While others rant idealistically, Hackett keeps steering everything back to what will play with the affiliates and what the network can sell.
From Los Angeles Times
They are idealistic and impatient, fluent in slogans and sarcasm, and astutely aware that the system they are training to enter may have no particular use for them.
From BBC
Edgar Snow, born in Kansas City, was an idealistic reporter handpicked by the Communist leadership, in Mr. Dikötter’s words, “after careful vetting.”
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