different between utopian vs idealism

English

Etymology

utopia +? -an

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju?to?pi.?n/

Adjective

utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

1. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.

   a utopian project

   Synonym: utopic

   Antonym: dystopian

2. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

   utopian happiness

Synonyms

• unrealistic

Antonyms

• imperfect, pragmatic, realistic

Derived terms

Related terms

• utopic

Translations

Noun

utopian (plural utopians)

1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.

Translations

Anagrams

• opuntia

Finnish

Noun

utopian

1. Genitive singular form of utopia.

Anagrams

• opuntia

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