From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishidealistici‧deal‧is‧tic /aɪˌdɪəˈlɪstɪk◂/ ●○○ adjective BELIEVEbelieving that you should live according to high standards and principles, even if they cannot really be achieved, or showing this belief → realistic idealistic young doctors the idealistic values of the 1960s —idealistically /-kli/ adverb
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idealistic• John Ridd's sense of honour is practical as well as idealistic and his motives are relevant outside their historical context.• An even higher dropout rate, 28. 1 percent, correlated with those who were especially idealistic and people-oriented.• One can be more idealistic by valuing the restlessness that can be found in certain dedicated scholars.• Open admissions proved to be a chastening experience for some of the most idealistic people at City College.• There is no sense of possible anticlimax when reality cuts across Kemp's idealistic view of the girl. 