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[English idealist; -ic.] Pertaining or relating to idealism or the idealists. 1-dě-al-i-ty, s. [Eng. ideal; -ity.] 1. The quality, state, or condition of being ideal. 2. Capacity to form ideals of beauty and perfection. I-de-al-iz-ā-tion, s. [Eng. idealiz (e); -ation.] The act of forming an idea, or of making ideal. i-de-al-ize, v. t . & i . [Eng. ideal ; -ize.] A. Trans.: To make ideal; to embody or represent in an ideal form; to give form to in accordance with a preconceived ideal. B. In trans.: To form ideals. i-de-al-iz-ěr, s. [ English idealiz (e); -er.] One who idealizes; an idealist. i-de-al-lý, adv. [Eng. ideal; -ly.] In an ideal manner; by means of ideas; intellectually, mentally. "A transmi ion is made materially from some parts, and ideally from every one." -Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., ch. ix. ary; not real; fanciful. "Thence on th' ideal kingdom swift she turns Her eye." Thomson: Summer , 1,789. 3. Reaching an imaginary model or standard of perfection. IMG:content-1439.png:[blocks in formation] Phil.: The teachings of an eclectic branch of the Kantian school, who attempted to build up a har monious system without sacrificing Kant's realistic postulates to his idealistic teachings, or conversely giving up the latter in favor of the former. Schleier macher, Ulrici, and Trendelenburg were of this section of Kantists. "Others sought to effect the harmonious union of the idealistic and realistic elements in a doctrine of Ideal- realism ."- Ueberweg : Hist. Philos ., ii. 136. *i-de-a-le , a. [Eng. idea; -le .] Destitute of ideas. i-de-al-i-şā-tion, s. [IDEALIZATION.]