ideality

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/aɪdiˈælɪti/

noun

The quality or state of being ideal.

OriginMedieval Latin ideālitās ← Late Latin ideālis →
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Meanings

nounideality (countable and uncountable, plural idealities)

plural idealities

  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being ideal.

    It is commonly said that love never lasts. Now, that is not so much from change, or that it exhausts itself, as that it is mixed up with the paltry cares and daily interests of life; thus losing its ideality, which constitutes its great charm.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 32
  2. uncountableThe capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
  3. countableuncountableThe conceptive faculty.

Origin

  1. Late Latinideālis“ideal”
  2. Medieval Latinideālitās“ideality”
  3. Englishideality

From Medieval Latin ideālitās (“ideality”), from Late Latin ideālis (“ideal”). By surface analysis, ideal + -ity.

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Translations

Czech ideálnost
  • ideálnostquality or state of being ideal
Dutch idealiteit
  • idealiteitquality or state of being ideal
French idéalité
  • idéalitéquality or state of being ideal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ideality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideality

MLA

“ideality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ideality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideality.

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