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idealist collapse: someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

Don Quixote collapse: the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical; any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)

prophet collapse: an authoritative person who divines the future; someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

daydreamer collapse: someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

seer collapse: an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies"

utopian collapse: an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"; characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"; of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; "a Utopian novel"

enthusiast collapse: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

visionary collapse: a person with unusual powers of foresight; a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

sophist collapse: any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects

infatuation collapse: an object of extravagant short-lived passion; foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

romantic collapse: a soulful or amorous idealist; belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"

dotage collapse: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

literate collapse: a person who can read and write; knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate"; versed in literature; dealing with literature; able to read and write

highbrow collapse: a person of intellectual or erudite tastes; highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic"

fondness collapse: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

speculator collapse: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains; someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts

overcompensation collapse: excessive compensation; (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

thinker collapse: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"; someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

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

mandarin collapse: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China; a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China; a high public official of imperial China; any high government official or bureaucrat; a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group; shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

desirous collapse: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"

victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

elder statesman collapse: an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders; any influential person whose advice is highly respected

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