観念的|かんねんてきkannenteki

1. na-adjectiveconceptual; ideational; notional
2. na-adjectivetheoretical; academic
   彼かれの福祉ふくしの概念がいねんはかなり観念的かんねんてきだ。↗

   His notion of welfare is pretty abstract.

• Synonym抽象的ちゅうしょうてきNeutralAbstract; stresses being detached from concrete things, as in 「抽象的な説明」. Carries less of the criticism of being divorced from reality than 「観念的」.
• Synonym概念的がいねんてきWrittenWritten/formal prose; considers things at the conceptual level rather than the concrete one.
• RelatedアブストラクトWrittenWritten/formal prose; loanword mostly in specialist fields like abstract art and paper abstracts; rare as 'abstract'; lacks 「観念的」's criticism of detachment from reality.
• Related非現実的ひげんじつてきNeutralUnrealistic; stresses that something is hard to pull off in reality, as in 「非現実的な計画」.
• Related空想的くうそうてきNeutralImaginary; stresses being impractical like a fantasy, as in 「空想的社会主義」.
• Related理念的りねんてきWrittenWritten/formal prose; stresses being based on ideal thought rather than the actual situation.
• Antonym具体的ぐたいてきNeutralConcrete; has real content and examples — the opposite of 「観念的」, which stays at the level of ideas.
• Antonym実践的じっせんてきNeutralPractical; focused on actually doing things, the opposite of 「観念的」 as mere armchair theorizing.

「観念的」 is for thinking stuck at the level of ideas, cut off from concrete facts, often critically: 「観念的な議論」. 「抽象的」 just means not concrete; 「非現実的」 means out of touch with reality or hard to carry out. Opposite: 「具体的」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 観念かんねんに関かんするさま。
2. 具体的ぐたいてきな事実じじつに基もとづかず頭あたまの中なかで考かんがえて現実げんじつに即そくしていないさま。