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QUIXOTISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quixotism mean?
• QUIXOTISM (noun)
The noun QUIXOTISM has 1 sense:
1. quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
Familiarity information: QUIXOTISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
knight errantry; quixotism
Hypernyms ("quixotism" is a kind of...):
idealism (impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are)
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