as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded as quixotic
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Recent Examples of quixotic
Lancaster residents have become accustomed to a mayor with proposals that are often grand, and sometimes quixotic.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
There is a difference between quixotic and foolish.
—Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Or the sudden, quixotic tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
There is a difference between quixotic and foolish.
—Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Or the sudden, quixotic tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixotic
Adjective
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Saturday, June 14 Remembering Love Jones Presented by Walmart Synopsis: Join us for a rare and intimate conversation with Nia Long and Larenz Tate celebrating the legacy of Love Jones (1997), the iconic romantic drama written and directed by Theodore Witcher.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 May 2025
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This lusty trine activates your exotic ninth house and flirtatious fifth house, bringing romantic storylines, creative breakthroughs and a little adventure that spices things up in more ways than one.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Imagine someone championing a project others deem impractical but later becoming the pioneer of a game-changing approach.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Additionally, much of the country's housing stock is older, making retrofitting AC units both costly and impractical.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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All this may sound idealistic, but so far it’s been great.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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Lula insists on pacifism in an idealistic way that is unusual among world leaders.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Jason Momoa will star alongside Alcock as Lobo, an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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What begins as an architectural experiment becomes an eccentric and emotional journey into isolation, celebrity, and the limits of utopian idealism.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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This, in turn, becomes logically reliant on the idealist paradigm of Consciousness as the fundamental lowest common denominator of reality.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Labour leader Starmer, though, has taken a realist rather than an idealist approach to the president, putting Britain's foreign policy interests above the strong opposition to Trump in the rank and file of his own party.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Quixotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotic. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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