Shaped by high principles and a strong belief in how much better things could become.
Reach for it when praising an aim that reaches beyond immediate convenience
Their idealistic charter called for every child to have a safe route to school.
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warm
Fits when positive expectation is the central feeling
Careful Hopeful says less about the standards guiding the hope.
professional
aspirational
Fits when a goal intentionally sets a high direction for growth
Careful Aspirational may be branding language and need not reflect deep conviction.
professional
Fits when consistent values matter more than optimism about results
Careful Principled can describe restraint without any future-looking ambition.
formal
utopian
Fits when the proposal imagines a nearly perfect arrangement
Careful Utopian can signal impracticality, so it mislabels achievable reform.
formal
Fits when the idea anticipates a bold and original future
Careful Visionary overstates originality when the aim is simply morally ambitious.
literary
Fits when beauty or emotion colors the view of what is possible
Careful Romantic may imply sentimentality rather than disciplined principle.
idealistic vision
The idealistic vision gave volunteers a reason to persist through slow progress.
idealistic youth
His idealistic youth shaped a lifetime of careful advocacy.
idealistic proposal
The idealistic proposal became credible once the team added milestones.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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