Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: idealism
IPA transcription: [aɪd'ilɪzəm]
Pronunciations of idealism
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness
    Meaning: elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
  • Synonyms: idealism
    Meaning: impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
  • Synonyms: idealism
    Meaning: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
Usage examples
  • Idealism!
  • He lays claim to extraordinary spiritual gifts, and uses the language of the highest idealism known.
  • This argument, to me historically, was directed against idealism: the emphatic part of it was the assertion that the colour is physical, not psychical.
  • The men who drew the Constitution had been pretty practical dreamers. They came to their task after a bitter war and a worse period of wild chaos, and they had learned where idealism stopped and idiocy began. They set up a republic with all the elements of democracy that they considered safe.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Robert Garran, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Transhumanism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Harvey Milk, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0