QUIXOTISM Synonyms
1 hypernym for quixotism. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for QUIXOTISM
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| caprice | noun n | |||||
noun • a sudden desire | ||||||
| chivalry | noun n | |||||
noun • courtesy towards women • the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct | ||||||
| daydreaming | noun n | |||||
noun • absentminded dreaming while awake | ||||||
| dreaminess | noun n | |||||
noun • a relaxed comfortable feeling | ||||||
| extravagance | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth • the trait of spending extravagantly • the activity of excessive spending | ||||||
| idealism | noun n | |||||
noun • (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 | ||||||
| impracticality | noun n | |||||
noun • concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use | ||||||
| romanticism | noun n | |||||
noun • 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) | ||||||
| utopian | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia • of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia • characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection noun • an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer | ||||||
| visionary | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible • a person with unusual powers of foresight adjective satellite • not practical or realizable; speculative | ||||||
| whimsy | noun n | |||||
noun • an odd or fanciful or capricious idea • the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | ||||||
| fantasizing | verb, noun v, n | |||||
verb • indulge in fantasies • portray in the mind | ||||||
| knight errantry | noun n | |||||
noun • quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior • (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry | ||||||