PRACTICALISMS Antonyms

• imagination unrestricted by reality

• fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

• something many people believe that is false

• indulge in fantasies

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

• impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

• elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

• a portrayal of something as ideal

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

• something that exists only as an idea

• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

• the ability to form mental images of things or events

• the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

• the quality of not being usable

• the quality of not being usable

• concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

• impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

• a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

• an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

• the political orientation of a Utopian who believes in impossibly idealistic schemes of social perfection