idealist

someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations ;

ideality

the quality of being ideal ;

idealization

a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" ; something that exists only as an idea ; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad ;

idealogue

someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) ;

ideation

the process of forming and relating ideas ;

identical twin

either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material) ;

identicalness

exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" ;

identification

the act of designating or identifying something ; the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) ; the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" ; evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing ; the condition of having your identity established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest" ;

identification number

a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" ;

identification particle

a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture ;

identifier

a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it ;

identikit

a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought ;

identikit picture

a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought ;

identity

the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" ; exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" ; the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover" ; an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" ;

identity card

a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in" ;

identity crisis

distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society ;

identity element

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" ;

identity matrix

a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity ;

identity operator

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" ;

identity theft

the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge ;

identity verification

the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot" ;

ideogram

a graphic character used in ideography ;

ideograph

a graphic character used in ideography ;

ideography

the use of ideograms in writing ;

ideological barrier

a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies ;

ideologist

an advocate of some ideology ;

ideologue

an advocate of some ideology ;

ideology

imaginary or visionary theorization ; an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation ;

ides

in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month ;

idesia

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 ;

idesia polycarpa

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 ;

idf

the ground and air and naval forces of Israel ;

idiocy

extreme mental retardation ;

idiolatry

the worship of yourself ;

idiolect

the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life ;

idiom

the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" ; a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language ; an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up ; the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" ;

idiom neutral

an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots ;

idiomatic expression

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up ;

idiopathic disease

any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause ;

idiopathic disorder

any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause ;