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idealism

English

Etymology

First attested 1796, from ideal +? -ism.

Noun

idealism (countable and uncountable, plural idealisms)

  1. The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
  2. 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.
  3. (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
    Synonym: philosophical idealism
    Antonym: materialism

Derived terms

  • epistemological idealism
  • metaphysical idealism

Related terms

  • idealist
  • idealistic
  • idealistically
  • perfectionism

Translations

See also

  • realism
  • pragmatism
  • materialism
  • physicalism

References

  • idealism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • idealism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

  • "idealism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 152.

Anagrams

  • email IDs, miladies

Romanian

Etymology

From French idéalisme

Noun

idealism n (uncountable)

  1. idealism

Declension

Related terms

  • ideal
  • idealist

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conceptualism

English

Etymology

conceptual +? -ism

Noun

conceptualism (countable and uncountable, plural conceptualisms)

  1. The art movement towards conceptual art.
  2. (philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.
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Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • uncomplicates

Romanian

Etymology

From French conceptualisme

Noun

conceptualism n (uncountable)

  1. conceptualism

Declension

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