idealist
nounEtymology From French idéaliste, from Late Latin idealis (“ideal”), from Latin idea (“idea”), equivalent to ideal + -ist.
1
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences 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, neoidealist, nonidealist