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idealist

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idealist /ʌɪˈdɪəlɪst /
noun
1 a person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations:
they were idealists and visionaries, in love with the work they had undertaken
he was an idealist in his youth.
2 Philosophy a person who believes in the theory of idealism:
Hegel described himself as an absolute idealist.
adjective
1 guided more by ideals than by practical considerations:
idealist student politicians.
2 Philosophy relating to the theory of idealism.