idealism

idealismo

Tener grandes esperanzas o metas que pueden ser difíciles o imposibles de alcanzar en la realidad.

En inglés sencillo: Having high hopes or aims that may be difficult or impossible to achieve in real life.

• Her youthful idealism impressed us.
• Experience slowly replaced his idealism with practical thinking.
• Their plan reflects idealism but ignores the costs.

Sinónimos: optimism

Antónimos: realism

Expresiones frecuentes: youthful idealism, naive idealism, idealism and reality

idealismo

Creencia de que las ideas y los valores morales son lo más importante en la vida.

En inglés sencillo: The belief that ideas and moral values matter most in life.

• Her idealism puts fairness above profit.
• His idealism makes him value principles more than personal success.
• The movement’s idealism centers on justice and equal rights.

Antónimos: materialism

Expresiones frecuentes: moral idealism, political idealism, idealism and values

idealismo

Postura filosófica según la cual conocemos directamente ideas o imágenes mentales, en vez de las cosas externas a nuestra mente.

En inglés sencillo: The philosophical view that we can know ideas or mental images directly, rather than things outside our minds.

• The lecture introduced philosophical idealism.
• Idealism raises questions about what we can know directly.
• She compared idealism with theories that give physical reality priority.

Antónimos: realism

Expresiones frecuentes: philosophical idealism, subjective idealism, theory of idealism