how to pronounce idealism

/aɪˈdiːlɪzəm/

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idealism is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of idealism in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… doing it's all idealism you know and and …”

meanings of idealism

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.
The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

idealism frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word idealism occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics idealism can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that idealism can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;