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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) behaviorplay

  Familiarity information: QUIXOTISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUIXOTISM (noun)


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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