Ideal(a.) Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
Ideal(a.) Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
Ideal(a.) Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
Ideal(a.) Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
Ideal(a.) Imaginary.
Ideal(n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
Idealism(n.) The quality or state of being ideal.
Idealism(n.) Conception of the ideal; imagery.
Idealism(n.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
Idealities(pl. ) of Ideality
Ideality(n.) The quality or state of being ideal.
Ideality(n.) The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
Ideality(n.) The conceptive faculty.
Idealization(n.) The act or process of idealizing.
Idealization(n.) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
Idealize(v. i.) To form ideals.
Idealize(v. t.) To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.
Idealize(v. t.) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
Idealized(imp. & p. p.) of Idealize
Idealizer(n.) An idealist.
Idealizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idealize
Ideally(adv.) In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
Words within idealism