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Webster 1913 Edition
Idealism
I-de′al-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
idéalisme
.] 1.
The quality or state of being ideal.
2.
Conception of the ideal; imagery.
3.
(Philos.)
The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
Webster 1828 Edition
Idealism
IDE'ALISM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
idealism
idealism
English
Noun
idealism (countable and uncountable, plural idealisms)
- The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
- The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns, opposed to realism.
- (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
Synonyms
- (philosophy): philosophical idealism
Antonyms
- (philosophy): materialism
Derived terms
- epistemological idealism
- metaphysical idealism
Related terms
Translations
property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable
an approach to philosophical enquiry
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See also
References
- idealism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- idealism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913