different between idealism vs ideals

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /a??di.?lz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /a??d??lz/

Noun

ideals

1. plural of ideal

Anagrams

• aisled, aslide, deasil, ladies, ladies', sailed, sideal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.de?als/

Adjective

ideals

1. plural of ideal

Noun

ideals

1. plural of ideal

Swedish

Noun

ideals

1. indefinite genitive singular of ideal
2. indefinite genitive plural of ideal