Idealism definition

Idealism

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WordNet

(1) Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

(2) Impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

(3) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

WiktionaryText

< < ; see ideal and -ism.

The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.