idealistic

English

Etymology

From idealist +‎ -ic or ideal +‎ -istic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

idealistic (comparative more idealistic, superlative most idealistic)

1. Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
   • 1978, Timothy C. Wong, “The Evolution of a Satirist”, in William Schultz, editor, Wu Ching-tzu‎^[1], Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30:

     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.

Derived terms

• hyperidealistic
• idealistically
• overidealistic
• unidealistic

Translations

of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism

• Asturian: idealista
• Belarusian: ідэалісты́чны (idealistýčny)
• Catalan: idealista
• Czech: idealistický m
• Esperanto: idealisma
• Estonian: idealistlik
• Finnish: idealistinen (fi)
• French: idéaliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: idealista
• German: idealistisch (de)
• Indonesian: idealistis (id)
• Italian: idealistico (it) m
• Kazakh: идеалистік (idealistık)
• Latvian: ideālistisks
• Luxembourgish: idealistesch
• Māori: angaparuhi
• Polish: idealistyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: idealista, idealístico
• Romanian: idealist (ro)
• Russian: идеалистический (ru) (idealističeskij), идеалисти́чный (ru) (idealistíčnyj)
• Slovene: idealističen
• Spanish: idealista (es)
• Turkish: ülkücü (tr), idealist (tr)
• Ukrainian: ідеалісти́чний (idealistýčnyj)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “idealistic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “idealistic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• calidities, disilicate, italicised

Romanian

Etymology

From idealist +‎ -ic or ideal +‎ -istic.

Adjective

idealistic m or n (feminine singular idealistică, masculine plural idealistici, feminine/neuter plural idealistice)

1. idealistic

Declension

Declension of idealistic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	idealistic		idealistică	idealistici	idealistice
	definite	idealisticul		idealistica	idealisticii	idealisticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	idealistic		idealistice	idealistici	idealistice
	definite	idealisticului		idealisticei	idealisticilor	idealisticelor