quixotism

quix·ot·ic

 (kwĭk-sŏt′ĭk) also quix·ot·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.

2. Capricious; impulsive: "At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious" (Louis Auchincloss).

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[From English Quixote, a visionary, after Don Quixote, , hero of a romance by Miguel de Cervantes.]

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quix·ot′i·cal·ly adv.

quix′o·tism (kwĭk′sə-tĭz′əm) n.

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quixotism

a tendency to absurdly chivalric, visionary, or romantically impractical conduct. — quixotic, quixotical, adj.

See also: Behavior

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quixotism - quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior knight errantry idealism - impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

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Translations

Donquichotterie

quixotism

[ˈkwɪksətɪzəm] N → quijotismo m

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