idealist

From French idéaliste, from Late Latin idealis (“ideal”), from Latin idea (“idea”), equivalent to ideal +‎ -ist.

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idealist (plural idealists)

1. (philosophy) One who adheres to idealism.
2. Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality.
3. An unrealistic or impractical visionary.

• idea
• idealism

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “idealist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “idealist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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• IPA^(key): [idɛjaˈlist]

idealist m (plural idealistë, definite idealisti, definite plural idealistët)

1. idealist

• ideal
• idealizëm

Borrowed from French idéaliste.

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.deː.aːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ide‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

idealist m (plural idealisten, feminine idealiste)

1. an idealist

• idealistisch

• idealisme

Borrowed from French idéaliste. Equivalent to ideal +‎ -ist.

idealist m or n (feminine singular idealistă, masculine plural idealiști, feminine and neuter plural idealiste)

1. idealistic

• idealism

• ideàlista

• IPA^(key): /ideǎlist/
• Hyphenation: i‧de‧a‧list

ideàlist m anim (Cyrillic spelling идеа̀лист)

1. idealist

• idealìzam, ideàlistkinja

idealist c

1. an idealist (person guided by idealism)
2. (philosophy) an idealist

• idealist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• idealist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from French idéaliste.

• IPA^(key): /i.de.a.list/

idealist

1. idealistic

idealist

1. (philosophy) idealist