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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Idealist \I*de"al*ist\, noun [Cf. F. id['e]aliste.]
1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In senses 4 and 5 of {idealism}, opposed to {realist}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
idealist
noun: someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations [syn: {dreamer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "idealist": Berkeleian, Don Quixote, Hegelian, Kantian, Neoplatonic, Neoplatonist, Neoplatonistic, Platonic, Platonist, Platonistic, Quixote, animist, animistic, daydreamer, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, enthusiast, escapist, idealistic, immaterialist, lotus-eater, panpsychist, panpsychistic, prophet, psychist, rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist, seer, solipsistic, spiritualist, spiritualistic, unrealistic, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, visionary, wishful thinker
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