high-flown ideals
1high-flown — adjective 1. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) high flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school a high sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution • Syn: ↑high sounding, ↑inflated • Similar to …
2high-sounding — adjective pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) high flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school a high sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution • Syn: ↑high flown, ↑inflated • Similar to:… …
3elevated — I noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level • Syn: ↑elevated railway, ↑elevated railroad, ↑el, ↑overhead railway • Hypernyms: ↑railway, ↑railroa …
4exalted — adjective of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style (Freq. 2) an exalted ideal argue in terms of high flown ideals Oliver Franks a noble and lofty concept a grand purpose • Syn: ↑elevated, ↑ …
5idealistic — adjective 1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style an exalted ideal argue in terms of high flown ideals Oliver Franks a noble and lofty concept a grand purpose • Syn: ↑exalted, ↑elevated, ↑ …
6noble-minded — adjective of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style an exalted ideal argue in terms of high flown ideals Oliver Franks a noble and lofty concept a grand purpose • Syn: ↑exalted, ↑elevated, ↑ …
7rarefied — adjective 1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style an exalted ideal argue in terms of high flown ideals Oliver Franks a noble and lofty concept a grand purpose • Syn: ↑exalted, ↑elevated, ↑ …
8rarified — adjective 1. having low density (Freq. 1) rare gasses lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air • Syn: ↑rare, ↑rarefied • Similar to: ↑thin …
9Institute of Pacific Relations — The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was an international organization established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. IPR was governed by the Pacific Council, with National… …
10Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
