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| 1. | a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. |
| 2. | a visionary or impractical person. |
| 3. | a person who represents things as they might or should be rather than as they are. |
| 4. | a writer or artist who treats subjects imaginatively. |
| 5. | a person who accepts the doctrines of idealism. |
| 6. | idealistic. |
| i·de·al·ist (ī-dē'ə-lĭst) n.
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