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Definition of Idealist
1. Noun. Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.
Specialized synonyms: Don Quixote, Romantic
Generic synonyms: Visionary
Derivative terms: Dream, Idealism, Idealism
Definition of Idealist
1. n. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
Definition of Idealist
1. Noun. (philosophy) One who adheres to idealism. ¹
2. Noun. Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality. ¹
3. Noun. An unrealistic or impractical visionary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idealist
1. an adherent of idealism [n -S] - See also: idealism
Medical Definition of Idealist
1. 1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations. 2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism. Origin: Cf. F. Idealiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idealist
Literary usage of Idealist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
"INGERSOLL AS AN idealist. "And silent those sweet lips, Once breathing eloquence,
... He was an idealist—one of the purest and sublimest that has lived. ..."
2. The Life of the Spirit in the Modern English Poets by Vida Dutton Scudder (1895)
"Our greatest modern humorist — the man who sees most clearly the incongruities
of life — is our idealist and greatest optimist as well. ..."
3. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"Thus this young idealist chose " rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a '33 ..."
4. From Comte to Benjamin Kidd: The Appeal to Biology Or Evolution for Human by Robert Mackintosh (1899)
"... The " social organism " in other writers — In Comte — idealist supplement to
the biological appeal — Professor Mackenzie's statement of the idealist ..."
5. Richard Strauss, the Man and His Works by Henry Theophilus Finck (1917)
"RICHARD STRAUSS: SEER AND idealist BY PERCY GRAINGER AMONG the great composers
of our era, Richard Strauss seems to me to stand forth as a type of the ..."
6. A History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1860)
"He was 1776. an idealist in his habits of thought and life, as indeed 2-4.
is every one who has an abiding and thorough confidence in the people ; and he ..."
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