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.
Idealist (n.) One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
Idealist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
Idealistic (a.) Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
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.
Idealized (imp. & p. p.) of Idealize
Idealizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idealize
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.
Idealize (v. i.) To form ideals.
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.
Ideat (n.) Alt. of Ideate
Ideate (n.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
Ideate (v. t.) To form in idea; to fancy.
Ideate (v. t.) To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
Ideation (n.) The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
Ideational (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.
Idem (pron. / adj.) The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Identic (a.) Identical.
Identical (a.) The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
Identical (a.) Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.
Identically (adv.) In an identical manner; with respect to identity.
Identicalness (n.) The quality or state of being identical; sameness.
Identifiable (a.) Capable of being identified.
Identification (n.) The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
Identified (imp. & p. p.) of Identify
Identifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Identify
Identify (v. t.) To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
Identify (v. t.) To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
Identify (v. i.) To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.
Identism (n.) The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the system / doctrine of identity.
Identities (pl. ) of Identity
Identity (n.) The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
Identity (n.) The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.
Identity (n.) An identical equation.
Ideo- () A combining form from the Gr. /, an idea.
Ideogenical (a.) Of or relating to ideology.
Ideogeny (n.) The science which treats of the origin of ideas.
Ideogram (n.) An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc.
Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.
Ideograph (n.) Same as Ideogram.
Ideographic (a.) Alt. of Ideographical
Ideographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself.
Ideographics (n.) The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.
Ideography (n.) The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.
Ideological (a.) Of or pertaining to ideology.
Ideologist (n.) One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.
Ideology (n.) The science of ideas.
Ideology (n.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.
Ideo-motion (n.) An ideo-motor movement.
Ideo-motor (a.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.
Ides (n. pl.) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
Idio- () A combining form from the Greek /, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
Idioblast (n.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
Idiocrasis (n.) Idiocracy.
Idiocrasies (pl. ) of Idiocracy
Idiocracy (n.) Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.
Idiocratic (a.) Alt. of Idiocratical
Idiocratical (a.) Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
Idiocy (n.) The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
Idiocyclophanous (a.) Same as Idiophanous.
Idioelectric (a.) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.
Idioelectric (n.) An idioelectric substance.
Idiograph (n.) A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.
Idiographic (a.) Alt. of Idiographical
Idiographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an idiograph.
Idiolatry (n.) Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.
Idiom (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.
Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.
Idiomatic (a.) Alt. of Idiomatical
Idiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase.
Idiomorphic (a.) Idiomorphous.
Idiomorphous (a.) Having a form of its own.
Idiomorphous (a.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.
Idiomuscular (a.) Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.
Idiopathetic (a.) Idiopathic.
Idiopathic (a.) Alt. of Idiopathical
Idiopathical (a.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.
Idiopathies (pl. ) of Idiopathy
Idiopathy (n.) A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.
Idiopathy (n.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
Idiophanous (a.) Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.
Idioplasm (n.) Same as Idioplasma.
Idioplasma (n.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
Idiorepulsive (a.) Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.
Idiosyncrasies (pl. ) of Idiosyncrasy
Idiosyncrasy (n.) A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
Idiosyncratic (a.) Alt. of Idiosyncratical
Idiosyncratical (a.) Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.
Idiot (n.) A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.