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quixotism

[kwik-suh-tiz-uhm]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.

a quixotic idea or act.

Origin:
1660–70; (Don) Quixote + -ism

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quixotic (kwɪkˈsɒtɪk)

—*adj*
	preoccupied with an unrealistically optimistic or chivalrous approach to life; impractically idealistic

[C18: after Don Quixote]

quix'otically

—*adv*

quixotism

—n

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