idea | (noun) the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about | Synonyms: thought |
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(noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: mind |
(noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, estimation |
(noun) a personal view | - |
(noun) (music) melodic subject of a musical composition | Synonyms: melodic theme, musical theme, theme |
ideal | (noun) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain | - |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
idealisation | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealization |
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(noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealization |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealization |
idealism | (noun) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are | - |
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(noun) elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued | Synonyms: high-mindedness, noble-mindedness |
(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality | - |
idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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ideality | (noun) the quality of being ideal | - |
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idealization | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealisation |
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(noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealisation |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealisation |
idealogue | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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ideation | (noun) the process of forming and relating ideas | - |
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identicalness | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identity, indistinguishability |
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identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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(noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
(noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
(noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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(noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
(noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
(noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
ideogram | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideograph |
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ideograph | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideogram |
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ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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ideologization | (noun) the process of giving an ideological character or interpretation to; especially of changing or interpreting in relation to a sociopolitical ideology often seen as biased or limited. | - |
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ideologue | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologist |
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ideology | (noun) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | Synonyms: political orientation, political theory |
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(noun) imaginary or visionary theorization | - |
ides | (noun) in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month | - |
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idesia | (noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries | Synonyms: Idesia polycarpa |
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