IDYLLIST Antonyms

• someone who is critical of the motives of others

• a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

• someone with great regard for material possessions

• someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• a person who places expediency above principle

• taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

• a person who expects the worst

• an adherent of philosophical pragmatism

• a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions

• of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism

• someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

• a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

• a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

• a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

• someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

• someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

• having a useful function

• having utility often to the exclusion of values