Chinese

		ideal; dream	doctrine; ideology; -ism
trad. (理想主義)		理想	主義
simp. (理想主义)		理想	主义

Noun

理想主義

1. idealism

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 理想 ‎(risō, “ideal”) +‎ 主義 ‎(shugi, “-ism”).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) りそうしゅ​ぎ [rìsóó shúꜜgì] (Nakadaka - [4])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾiso̞ː ɕɯᵝɡ̃i]

Noun

理想主義 ‎(hiragana りそうしゅぎ, romaji risō shugi, historical hiragana りさうしゅぎ)

1. idealism

Antonyms

• 現実主義 (げんじつしゅぎ) ‎(genjitsu shugi): realism

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9