different between idealism vs subjectivism

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

Etymology

subjective +? -ism

Noun

subjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms)

1. (metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
2. (epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition
3. (ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.

Antonyms

• objectivism

Derived terms

• antisubjectivism

Translations