anti-idealism

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noun anti-idealism the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. 1
noun anti-idealism the practice of idealizing. 1
noun anti-idealism something idealized; an ideal representation. 1
noun anti-idealism Fine Arts. treatment of subject matter in a work of art in which a mental conception of beauty or form is stressed, characterized usually by the selection of particular features of various models and their combination into a whole according to a standard of perfection. Compare naturalism (def 2), realism (def 3a). 1
noun anti-idealism Philosophy. any system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas. the tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values. 1

before 1790

One of the 43% newest English words

1790-1800; ideal + -ism, probably modeled on German Idealismus

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