Usually means: Pursuit of unrealistic, idealistic goals.
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  1. quixotism: Merriam-Webster
  2. quixotism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quixotism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. quixotism: Vocabulary.com
  5. Quixotism, quixotism: Wordnik
  6. quixotism: Wiktionary
  7. quixotism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. quixotism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Quixotism, quixotism: Dictionary.com
  10. Quixotism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Quixotism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. quixotism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. quixotism: Rhymezone
  14. Quixotism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. quixotism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. quixotism: FreeDictionary.org
  17. quixotism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. quixotism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See quixote as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Quixotism)

noun:  A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of quixotism [A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.]

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