quixotism
Sign in to savethumb|Illustration by Gustave Doré depicting the windmill scene of [[Don Quixote, in which the hero fights with windmills, which he imagines to be giants.]]
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thumb|Illustration by Gustave Doré depicting the windmill scene of [[Don Quixote, in which the hero fights with windmills, which he imagines to be giants.]]
Quixotism ( or ; adj. quixotic) is impracticality in pursuit of ideals, especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. It also serves to describe an idealism without regard to practicality. An impulsive person or act might be regarded as quixotic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quixotism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.