ideoplastic

[IDEOPLASTY.] Of, or pertaining to, ideoplasty. i-dě-ô-plăs-tě, s. [Gr. idea =thought, idea, and IMG:content-1443.png:[blocks in formation] into a physiological reality of sensation or movement; in hypnotism, the physiological realization of an idea impre ed upon the mind of the subject; as, where he sees an object suggested to his mind but which in fact has no existence, or where some action is suggested and the subject is totally incapable of refraining from performing it. "Commonly, it is the sensation that gives rise to the thought; in ideoplasty it is the idea that gives rise to the sensation. This inverse transformation is called hallu cination when it occurs spontaneously, and we have habitually given to suggestion the name of artificial hallucination." Dr. Julian Ochorwicz: Note to (Paris) Bio logical Society, June 21, 1894. Ideş, s. pl . [Fr.. from Lat. idus , a word of unknown origin, but, according to Skeat, probably connected with Sansc. indu the moon] In the ancient Roman Calendar, the 13th day of January, "But whence art thou inspired, and thou alone, To flourish in an idiom not thy own?" Dryden: To Sir Godfrey Kneller. 3. The genius or particular cast of a language. Id-1-o-mat-ic, id-1-o-mat-ic-al, a . [Gr. idio matikos .] [IDIOM.] Peculiar to a language or its idioms; pertaining or proper to the particular genius or mode of expre ion of a language. "Idiomatic differences of expre ion which flow not from the manners, but from some degree of study and affectation." Hurd: On Writing Dialogue. (Pref.) Id-i-o-mat-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. idiomatical ; ly .] In an idiomatic manner; according to the idiom of a language.