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A person who opposes and even fights against renewable energy, i.e. tilting at windmills.
That oil company executive is a real Quixote.
Quixote by Bill_in_KCMO October 4, 2022

quixote-effect 

Reference to the sensations that Sancho Panza (most loyal friend of Quixote) has once Quixote dies and a long-lasting adventure comes to an end.

"The feeling of attachment that a fictional world makes upon a person due to the immersion and comfortable ambiance that creates, blurring the line between fiction and reality and creating a feeling of nostalgia."
"The quixote-effect made me want to become a drug-kingpin after watching Breaking Bad."
"I still cry when I watch The Truman Show because of the quixote-effect, it made me escape from my suffering in a lonesome period of my life."
"I cannot see a golden ring without thinking of The Lord of the Rings, I always wanted to become a hobbit... Damn you, quixote-effect!"
quixote-effect by Wrigamer June 1, 2025

don quixote 

In a teamwork situation, an extremely irrational person, who takes charge of a project through sheer force of will rather than competence and leads it in a direction which guarantees failure.

Background: The Don Quixote of literature had a tendency to do extraordinarily stupid things without thinking them through. But people were loathe to try and stop him on account of his being a few cans short of a six pack.
I am officially referring to my project leader as "Don Quixote" from this point on. She's got the idea in her head that she, rather than the boss, defines the project KPIs. I'm going along with it because a good performance appraisal is not worth the next few months of my life being made a living hell by that crazy-ass bitch!
don quixote by Korgmeister April 2, 2005

Don Quixote 

Someone who is idealistic, and believes in justice, and is on a quest to save the world or someone, no matter how absurd the reality of accomplishing it is.
Eric was a Don Quixote when he thought he could save Gina from drugs. She's been hooked on crack for over a decade, and still hangs around dopeboys. He is out of his head on a lost cause.
Don Quixote by Eric Platt June 29, 2009

Don Quixote Syndrome 

The insane belief that you will reform a woman who is a prostitute. Based upon the character Don Quixote created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605. Don Quixote insanely viewed the prostitute Aldonza he meets as the fair princess Dulcinea.
He plans to marry that ho and raise her kid. Homeboy suffering from Don Quixote syndrome.

Don Quixote Punch 

When a man choses to spice up the romance (aka enhance the orgasm) with his woman through the oration of literature.
Yo Bro, I was fuckin' my bitch the other night and she was losing interest, so I read her ass some Shakespeare - before I knew it, she came like she never came before.... all that from a Don Quixote Punch.
Don Quixote Punch by TBoneRaw February 12, 2019
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