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idealist

/aɪdˈilɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
ide-al-ist
IPA
/aɪdˈilɪst/
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who adheres to idealism.

noun

Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality.

noun

An unrealistic or impractical visionary.

Etymology

From French idéaliste, from Late Latin idealis (“ideal”), from Latin idea (“idea”), equivalent to ideal + -ist.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

idealists (plural)

Derived Forms

idealistic idealistically neoidealist nonidealist

Frequently Paired Words

idea idealism

Synonyms

dreamer

Questions

How do you pronounce idealist?
The recorded pronunciation is /aɪdˈilɪst/.
What does idealist mean?
One who adheres to idealism.
Where does idealist come from?
It is traced to French.

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