The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

plural of idealism

Optimal; being the best possibility. / Perfect, flawless, having no defects. / Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea. / Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.

A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at. / (algebra, ring theory) A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.

The act or process of idealizing. / The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

A city in Georgia, United States. / An unincorporated community in Illinois. / An unincorporated community in South Dakota.

plural of ideal

(US) Regarded as ideal. / (US) Considered as an ideal form of something.

simple past tense and past participle of idealize

(transitive) To regard something as ideal. / (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal. / (transitive, art) To portray using idealization.