idealist

Noun

Meaning

One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.

One who holds the doctrine of idealism.

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According to his aides, he was not the naive idealist his critics made him out to be. Source: Internet

And only an idealist invites his audience to look at the world as closely and deeply as he does as he reminds us that it is only by seeing — really seeing — the world as it exists, that we stand any chance at all of saving it. Source: Internet

Berkeley was an idealist who believed that all of reality could be explained in terms of the mind alone. Source: Internet

Empire turns out not to be a means of making money, but instead an idealist pursuit to keep sea lanes open, bullies at bay and nations trading rather than fighting. Source: Internet

Fan Noli, an idealist, rejected demands for new elections on the grounds that Albania needed a "paternal" government. Source: Internet

He is a practicing idealist who, after years of attempted heroism, is tired of crusading and has come to the Cookie Jar to retire. Source: Internet

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