Idealistic and Silly

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Idealistic adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.

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Silly and idealistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Idealistic".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideally, idealize, idealized, idealise

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

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Idealistic and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idealistic" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

Interestingly the live versions of some of their more cynical songs get a lot more idealistic (or plain silly) by seemingly minor text changes.

Source: Sliding Scale Of Idealism Versus Cynicism / Music
However, it's too silly to be considered either cynical or idealistic.

Source: Sliding Scale Of Idealism Versus Cynicism / Web Comics
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater revealed the tragic backstory of Big Boss, and showed how he went from an idealistic, somewhat silly hero to the villain of the first game... though the process didn't really finish up until around the fifth game.

Source: Origins Episode

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