idealism
理想主义,理想化,理念,思想主义
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- : the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- : the practice of idealizing.
- : something idealized; an ideal representation.
- : Fine Arts. treatment of subject matter in a work of art in which a mental conception of beauty or form is stressed, characterized usually by the selection of particular features of various models and their combination into a whole according to a standard of perfection.Compare naturalism, realism.
- : Philosophy. any system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas.the tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values.
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It is in that rendezvous with a wider world that realism and idealism are destined to coexist.
That is where the link between realism and idealism specifically originates.
His saga, which has escalated to the trade request and staredown phase, is a bizarre case of a team draining its young superstar’s idealism in record time.
A little bit of idealism will go a long way in softening the ground on a daunting issue.
Remember the idealism and love of country that brought you to service.
Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.
Pope Paul VI and the Church at that time could be forgiven for puritanical idealism.
TR reinvigorated the office after a succession of grey presidents with his unself-conscious energy, idealism and determination.
By doing so, we will also achieve what Du Bois championed: practical idealism based in lifelong learning.
For Moses, the idealism of Freedom Summer was inseparable from the practical task of making it work.
Brahmanism carried idealism to the extent of denying any reality to sense or matter, declaring that sense is a delusion.
Never, certainly, did age more need his high idealism to teach a nobler rule in national and private life.
Briefly, by enlarging his enterprise, Terry threw away the immediate advantage of his personal idealism and charm.
Before his paintings and engravings pale idealism disappeared.
Cornelius endeavoured to raise the masses to his level, paid for his idealism with unpopularity, and was never understood.