ideality
Americannoun
plural
idealities-
ideal quality or character.
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capacity to idealize.
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Philosophy. existence only in idea and not in reality.
Etymology
Origin of ideality
Example Sentences
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Others upped the ideality quotient by trekking into the countryside, through farmlands and forests, down to the sea.
From New York Times
“Later” is Lisicky’s solo, but it depends on the accompaniment — friends and lovers, parents, ghosts, art, sea, rebellion, sex, queerness as ideality.
From Washington Post
For Franz Liszt it was a loadstone of double power—the ideality of the place attracted him and its religion anchored his spiritual restlessness.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
If the principle seems to lack in ideality, the more ideal are the fruits which it bears.
From Project Gutenberg
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