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idealistic

/ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/

idealistic adjective: of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.

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Adjective

idealistic (comparative more idealistic, superlative most idealistic)

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

idealistic meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Indonesian

idealistic in Urdu

خیالی, تصوریت کا

idealistic in Bengali

আদর্শবাদী, অবাস্তববাদী

idealistic in Malayalam

Utopian, visionary, romantic
ആദര്‍ശപരമായ, ആദർശവാദിയായ, സ്വപ്നദർശിയായ, കേവലസിദ്ധാന്തപരമായ, ആദർശാധിഷ്ഠിതമായ, കേവലമായ ആദർശത്തിലൂന്നിയ

idealistic in Indonesian

of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism
idealistis

Forms of idealistic

comparativemore idealistic
superlativemost idealistic

Origin of idealistic

From idealist + -ic or ideal + -istic.

Words formed from idealistic

Questions about idealistic

What does idealistic mean?
Idealistic means of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
What is idealistic in Urdu?
Idealistic in Urdu is خیالی, تصوریت کا. See Idealistic meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is idealistic?
Idealistic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce idealistic?
Idealistic is pronounced /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/.

Words near idealistic in the dictionary

  1. idealises
  2. idealising
  3. idealism
  4. idealisms
  5. idealist
  6. idealistic
  7. idealistical
  8. idealistically
  9. idealists
  10. idealities
  11. ideality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idealistic (page history and authors); idealistic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Idealistic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); idealistic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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