IDEALISM, IDEALIST, IDEALISTIC
ADJECTIVES
► AIRY-FAIRY insubstantial; superficial; impractical and foolishly idealistic → 1857
► WAPPY sentimental, idealistic → 1950s sl.
► WOOLLY-HEADED inclined to idealism and hopeful fantasy; impractical → 1883 Amer. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABSTRACTIONIST an impractical dreamer; an idealist → 1844 US, depreciative usage
► IDEIST an adherent of idealism (any system of thought or philosophy in which the object of external perception is held to consist, either in itself, or as perceived, of ideas); an idealist → 1697 obs.
► IDEOLOGIST a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist → 1831
► IDEOLOGUE a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist → 1815
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