idealism

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[edit] Etymology

< Late Latin idealis (“‘ideal’”) < Latin idea (“‘idea’”); see ideal and -ism.

[edit] Noun

idealism (uncountable)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• epistemological idealism
• metaphysical idealism

[edit] Related terms

• idealist
• idealistic
• idealistically

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• realism
• pragmatism
• materialism
• physicalism

[edit] References

• idealism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• idealism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adeiilms
• miladies