Word of the Day:
idealistic
What It Means
Idealistic in Context
“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...”
Did You Know?
From idealist + -ic or ideal + -istic.
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