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progressivism collapse: the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society

revisionism collapse: a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

optimism collapse: a general disposition to expect the best in all things; the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

anarchism collapse: a political theory favoring the abolition of governments

idealization collapse: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"; something that exists only as an idea; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

cheerfulness collapse: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"; a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"

regeneration collapse: the activity of spiritual or physical renewal; (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs

radicalism collapse: the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

unreality collapse: the quality possessed by something that is unreal; the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact

extremism collapse: any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

reformation collapse: a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches; improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

transformation collapse: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"; (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA; a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure; a qualitative change; (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

idealism collapse: impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

wishful thinking collapse: the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

autism collapse: (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

romance collapse: a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life; the group of languages derived from Latin; relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"; tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"; have a love affair with

conversion collapse: a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life; a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown; the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another; act of exchanging one type of money or security for another; a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"; interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition; a change of religion; "his conversion to the Catholic faith"; an event that results in a transformation; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

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