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idealism
 
Noun idealism has 3 senses
  1. idealism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
    --1 is a kind of     philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
  2. idealism - impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
    --2 is a kind of     impracticality
    --2 has particulars: romanticism; knight errantry, quixotism
  3. high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness - elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
    --3 is a kind of nobility, magnanimousness, grandeur
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