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View synonyms for ideality

ideality

[ ahy-dee-al-i-tee ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ideality1

First recorded in 1695–1705; ideal + -ity
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Example Sentences

Others upped the ideality quotient by trekking into the countryside, through farmlands and forests, down to the sea.

“Later” is Lisicky’s solo, but it depends on the accompaniment — friends and lovers, parents, ghosts, art, sea, rebellion, sex, queerness as ideality.

For Franz Liszt it was a loadstone of double power—the ideality of the place attracted him and its religion anchored his spiritual restlessness.

If in some he awakened the pure hope of celestial satisfaction, suitable to their souls loving ideality; in others, he did not discourage hopes of material gratification, such as booty and profane pleasures.

If the principle seems to lack in ideality, the more ideal are the fruits which it bears.

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