idealism
noun /aɪˈdiːəlɪzəm/
/aɪˈdiːəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]- the belief that a perfect life, situation, etc. can be achieved, even when this is not very likely
理想主义 - He was full of youthful idealism.
他满脑子都是年轻人的理想主义。 - Idealism has no place in modern politics.
在当代政治生活中，理想主义根本行不通。
- He was full of youthful idealism.
- (philosophy
哲学 唯心主义；唯心论；观念论；理念论
词源late 18th cent. (as a philosophical term): from French idéalisme or German Idealismus, from late Latin idealis, via Latin from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’, from the base of idein ‘to see’.