Dictionary

idealistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/

Etymology

From idealist + -ic or ideal + -istic.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
   • But if, as we have seen, Wu's ambivalent attitude toward the conventional route to success originated in his early appreciation of the idealistic virtues of his father, then it is possible that parts of the work could have been written much earlier, perhaps even during his sojourn with his father in Chiang-su. 1978, Timothy C. Wong, “The Evolution of a Satirist”, in William Schultz, editor, Wu Ching-tzu, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30:

Forms

Deriveds

overidealistic · hyperidealistic · unidealistic · idealistically

Translations (27)

sl idealističen (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · pt idealístico (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · fr idéaliste (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · mi angaparuhi (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · es idealista (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · lb idealistesch (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · id idealistis (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · gl idealista (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · pl idealistyczny (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · ro idealist (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · tr idealist (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · uk ідеалісти́чний (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · de idealistisch (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · pt idealista (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · tr ülkücü (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · ru идеалисти́чный (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · kk идеалистік (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · ca idealista (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · eo idealisma (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · ru идеалистический (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · lv ideālistisks (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · it idealistico (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · cs idealistický (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · ast idealista (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · be ідэалісты́чны (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · et idealistlik (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism) · fi idealistinen (of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism)