You probably have idealistic notions about excellence, triumph, sweat and world records.
"I had this idealistic notion of wanting to help kids in a tough area."
We tend to have idealistic notions of what they'll be like.
I had had an idealistic notion of wanting to fit into this new world, find a place in its society.
It's purity, an idealistic notion about what ought to be.
You young people are always full of idealistic notions.
This idealistic, democratic notion is at the heart of much modern work.
The experience, however, ruined his idealistic notions of higher learning.
But could one really construct a government, run a country, with such idealistic notions?
You seem to have this idealistic notion about your career path.