Definition of "idealists" []

• Plural form of idealist. (noun)

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• "Buddies from your home town, and idealists from the economic and political fronts need to be shown the door."
• "Those who maintain that mind is the reality and matter an evil dream are called "idealists" -- a word which has a different meaning in philosophy from that which it bears in ordinary life."
• "This poisoning goes a great deal further than most people think: I find the arrogant habit of the theologian among all who regard themselves as "idealists" -- among all who, by virtue of a higher point of departure, claim a right to rise above reality, and to look upon it with suspicion ..."