Usually means: Philosophy prioritizing mind over matter.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. idealism: Merriam-Webster
  2. idealism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. idealism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. idealism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. idealism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Idealism, idealism: Wordnik
  7. idealism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. idealism: Wiktionary
  9. idealism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. idealism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. idealism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. idealism: Dictionary.com
  13. idealism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Idealism (Christian eschatology), Idealism (Turkey), Idealism (album), Idealism (art), Idealism (arts), Idealism (disambiguation), Idealism (eschatology), Idealism (ethics), Idealism (international relations), Idealism (metaphysics), Idealism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Idealism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. idealism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. idealism: Rhymezone
  18. idealism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. idealism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Idealism: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. idealism: FreeDictionary.org
  22. idealism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. idealism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. idealism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. idealism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. idealism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. Philosophy of Mind (No longer online)
  4. The Ism Book (No longer online)
  5. IDEALISM: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Idealism (philosophy), idealism: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Idealism (philosophy), idealism: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  3. idealism: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Idealism: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. idealism: Evolution Glossary
  2. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. idealism: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See idealisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
noun:  The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.
noun:  (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

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