ideal /ī-dēlˈ or ī-dēˈəl/

1. Conceptual
2. Existing in imagination only
3. Highest and best conceivable
4. Perfect, as opposed to the real or the imperfect
5. Theoretical, conforming absolutely to theory

1. The highest conception of anything, or its embodiment
2. A standard of perfection
3. That which exists in the imagination only
4. A subring of a ring, any member of which when multiplied by any member of the ring, whether in the subring or not, results in a member of the subring (mathematics)

idēˈalism noun

1. A tendency towards the highest conceivable perfection, love for or the search after the best and highest
2. The habit or practice of idealizing
3. Impracticality
4. The doctrine that in external perceptions the objects immediately known are ideas, that all reality is in its nature psychical

idēˈalist noun

1. A person who strives after the ideal
2. An impractical person
3. A person who holds the doctrine of idealism

idēalistˈic adjective

Relating to idealists or to idealism

idēalistˈically adverb

idēality /-alˈi-ti/ noun

1. An ideal state
2. Ability and disposition to form ideals of beauty and perfection

idēalizāˈtion or idēalisāˈtion noun

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