should-ben.adj.
/ˈʃʊdbiː/ A. n.
What should be.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > what is fitting > what should be
should-be1790
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [noun] > idealized conception, ideal
ideaa1586
should-be1790
ideal1817
ideality1825
idealism1861
1790 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 35 What says Prior, when he describes the should-be of artists' conduct to each other!
1878 W. James in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. XII. 14 The interest of survival..has hitherto been treated as an ideal should-be.
1951 S. F. Nadel Found. Social Anthropol. iii. 37 The blueprint of his culture and society, the ‘should-be’ rather than the ‘is’.
B. adj.
That should be.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > that should be
should-be1885
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective]
idealized1810
nympholeptic1818
idealistical1819
ideological1837
ideologized1863
should-be1885
1885 G. M. Hopkins Let. 24 Apr. (1938) 107 God grant it may not be..that the should-be receiver was dead.
1887 19th Cent. Aug. 210 His should-be helpmate.
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n.adj.1790