idealism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.
An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

/ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/ /ʌɪˈdiːəlɪz(ə)m/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-idealism.wav

idealism idealisms

First attested 1796, from ideal + -ism.

philosophical idealism

materialism

idealist idealistic idealistically perfectionism realism pragmatism materialism physicalism

absolute idealism epistemological idealism metaphysical idealism overidealism transcendental idealism unidealism

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