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<hw>I*de"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>ideal</b> is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the <b>ideal</b> of the beauty and proportion of the human frame. <i>Fleming.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Beau ideal</col>. <cd>See <er>Beau ideal</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Idealess</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"a*less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of an idea.</def>

<h1>Idealism</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>id\'82alisme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being ideal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conception of the ideal; imagery.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.</def>

<h1>Idealist</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>id\'82aliste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who holds the doctrine of idealism.</def>

<h1>Idealistic</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de`al*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.</def>

<h1>Ideality</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Idealities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being ideal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>The conceptive faculty.</def>

<h1>Idealization</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de`al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of idealizing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.</def>

<h1>Idealize</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Idealized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Idealizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; <as>as, to <ex>idealize</ex> real life</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>To treat in an ideal manner. See <er>Idealization</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Idealize</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"al*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>id\'82aliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To form ideals.</def>

<h1>Idealizer</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"al*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An idealist.</def>