different between idealist vs polydeistic

English

Etymology

From French idéaliste, from Late Latin idealis (“ideal”), from Latin idea (“idea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

idealist (plural idealists)

1. (philosophy) One who adheres to idealism.
2. Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality.
3. An unrealistic or impractical visionary.

Derived terms

• idealistic
• idealistically

Related terms

• idea
• idealism

Translations

References

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

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [id?ja?list]

Noun

idealist m (indefinite plural idealistë, definite singular idealisti, definite plural idealistët)

1. idealist

Related terms

• ideal
• idealizëm

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French idéaliste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.de?.a??l?st/
• Hyphenation: ide?a?list
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

idealist m (plural idealisten, feminine idealiste)

1. An idealist.

Derived terms

• idealistisch

Related terms

• idealisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French idéaliste.

Adjective

idealist m or n (feminine singular idealist?, masculine plural ideali?ti, feminine and neuter plural idealiste)

1. idealistic

Declension

Related terms

• ideal
• idealism

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ideàlista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ide?list/
• Hyphenation: i?de?a?list

Noun

ideàlist m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. idealist

Declension

Related terms

• idealìzam, ideàlistkinja

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French idéaliste.

Adjective

idealist

1. idealistic

Synonyms

• ülkücü

Noun

idealist

1. (philosophy) idealist

English

Etymology

poly- +? deistic

Adjective

polydeistic (comparative more polydeistic, superlative most polydeistic)

1. Of or relating to polydeism.
   • 1974, Enver Hoxha, Selected Works, p. 366:

     We must make selections on sound criteria from the works of the authors of our Renaissance for the different categories of schools and the public, eliminating the negative passages without hesitation, for if you give the children of the 8-year schools poems and writings of an author of our Renaissance in which he speaks of God, and on the other hand you praise this author highly, then you have also exalted his idealist, deistic or polydeistic philosophy.

   • 1999, Susan Sered, Women of the Sacred Groves: Divine Priestesses of Okinawa, p. 62:

     Two women-led religions, the Shakers and Christian Science, do not fit this polydeistic pattern.