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88 words match “IDEAL”

IDEAL a. 6 definitions
Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
IDEALESS a.
Destitute of an idea.
IDEALISM n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being ideal.
IDEALIST n. 2 definitions
One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
IDEALISTIC a.
Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
IDEALITY n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being ideal.
IDEALIZATION n. 2 definitions
The act or process of idealizing.
IDEALIZE v. 3 definitions
To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.
IDEALIZER n.
An idealist.
IDEALLY adv.
In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
IDEALOGIC a.
Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.
IDEALOGUE n.
One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
BEAU IDEAL n.
mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.
HYOIDEAL; HYOIDEAN a.
Same as Hyoid, a.
THYROIDEAL a.
Thyroid.
UNIDEAL a. 2 definitions
Not ideal; real; unimaginative.
ABSTRACT a.
rated from matter; exiting in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.
ABSTRACTED a.
Separated from matter; abstract; ideal. [Obs.]
ABSTRACTIONIST n.
An idealist. Emerson.
ACTUALIST n.
rs actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist. J. Grote.
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