ideality

[ ahy-dee-al-i-tee ]

noun

, plural i·de·al·i·ties.

1. ideal quality or character.
2. capacity to idealize.
3. Philosophy. existence only in idea and not in reality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ideality¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; ideal + -ity

Example Sentences

Whoever looked on the forehead of the good Doctor must have seen the squareness of ideality giving marked effect to its outline.

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Exactingsness is untrained ideality, and much domestic misery is caused by it.

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The weak eyes and chest, the grave and gentle demeanour, the whole ideality of character correspond.

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The representation may be of identity, causality, or ideality.

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That of ideality is necessarily derived from that of causality.

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