Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 3
Idealism (n.) (Philos.) 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.
Idealism (n.) The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns; -- opposed to realism.
Idealism (n.) A belief in the feasibility of the implementation of ideal principles and noble goals, and the practice or habit of pursuing such goals; -- opposed to realism and cynicism.
Compare: Maya
Maya (n.) (Hindu Philos.) The name (in Vedantic philosphy) for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Maya (n.) (Hindu Philos.) the Hindu goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena. -- [RHUD]
Maya (n.) (Hindu Philos.) the power to produce illusions. -- [RHUD]
Idealism (n.) (Philosophy) The philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality.
Idealism (n.) Impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are.
Idealism (n.) Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued [syn: high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness].
Idealist (n.) 理想主義；空想家；【哲】觀念論者；唯心論者 One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
Idealist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In senses 4 and 5 of idealism, opposed to realist.
Idealist (n.) Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations [syn: idealist, dreamer].
Idealistic (a.) Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
Idealistic (a.) Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas [syn: ideal, idealistic].
Idealistic (a.) Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded].
Idealities (n. pl. ) of Ideality.
Ideality (n.) The quality or state of being ideal.
Ideality (n.) The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
Ideality (n.) (Phren.) The conceptive faculty.
Ideality (n.) The quality of being ideal.
Idealization (n.) The act or process of idealizing.
Idealization (n.) (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
Idealization (n.) A defense mechanism that splits something one is ambivalent about into two representations -- one good and one bad.
Idealization (n.) something that exists only as an idea.
Idealization (n.) A protrayal of something as ideal.
Syn: glorification.
Idealization (n.) A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification].
Idealization (n.) (Psychiatry) A defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad [syn: idealization, idealisation].
Idealization (n.) Something that exists only as an idea [syn: idealization, idealisation].
Idealized (imp. & p. p.) of Idealize.
Idealizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idealize.
Idealize (v. t.) To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.
Idealize (v. t.) (Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
Idealize (v. i.) To form ideals.
Idealize (v. i.) To form ideals.
Idealize (v.) Consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death" [syn: idealize, idealise].
Idealize (v.) Form ideals; "Man has always idealized" [syn: idealize, idealise].
Idealizer (n.) An idealist.
Ideally (adv.) In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
Ideally (adv.) In an ideal manner; "ideally, this will remove all problems."
Idealogic (a.) Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.
Idealogue (n.) One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning. Ideat
Idealogue (n.) Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) [syn: theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue].
Ideat (n.) Alt. of Ideate.
Ideate (n.) (Metaph.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
Ideate (v. t.) To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]
The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God. -- Sir T. Browne.
Ideate (v. t.) To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]
Ideate (v.) Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" [syn: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage].
Ideate (v. t.) To form an idea or conception of.
Ideate (v. i.) To form an idea.
Ideation (n.) The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all enter now into the process of ideation. -- J. D. Morell.
Ideation (n.) The process of forming and relating ideas.
Ideational (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.
Certain sensational or ideational stimuli. -- Blackw. Mag.
Ideational (a.) Being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question" [syn: conceptional, ideational, notional].
Idem (pron. / a.) [L.] The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Identic, Identical (a.) In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government.
Identic (a.) Identical. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Identical (a.) 同一的；完全相同的，完全相似的 [（+to/ with）] The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then exist. -- Reid.
Identical (a.) Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.
When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. -- Fleming.
Identical equation (Alg.), An equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it. Identic
Identical (a.) Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" [syn: identical, indistinguishable].
Identical (a.) 2: Being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the
identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his
stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in
two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said
yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" [syn: identical,
selfsame(a), very(a)].
Identical (a.) (Of twins) Derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular" [syn: identical, monovular] [ant: biovular, fraternal].
Identical (a.) Having properties with uniform values along all axes.
Identical (a.) Coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" [syn: identical, superposable].
Identically (adv.) In an identical manner; with respect to identity. "Identically the same." -- Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." -- Ross.
Identically (adv.) With complete identity; in an identical manner; "he is fitted with an identically similar one."
Identicalness (n.) The quality or state of being identical; sameness.
Identicalness (n.) Exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn: identity, identicalness, indistinguishability].
Identifiable (a.) Capable of being identified.
Identifiable (a.) Capable of being identified [ant: unidentifiable].
Identification (n.) 認出；識別；鑑定；確認 [U]；身分證明；身分證 [U] [C]；有關聯；認同；一體感 [U] [（+with）] The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
Identification (n.) The act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation, identification].
Identification (n.) Evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing.
Identification (n.) The condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue."
Identification (n.) 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" [syn: recognition, identification].
Identification (n.) The attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons).
Identify (v. i.) （與……）認同；一致；感同身受 [（+with）] To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]
Identify (v. i.) To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt at her father's death.
An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. -- Burke.
Identified (imp. & p. p.) of Identify.
Identifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Identify.
Identify (v. t.) 確認；識別；鑑定，驗明 [（+as）]；視……（與……）為同一事物 [（+with）] To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. -- D. Ramsay.
Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. -- Burke.
Identify (v. t.) To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
Identify (v.) Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" [syn: identify, place].
Identify (v.) Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name, identify].
Identify (v.) Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees."
Identify (v.) Conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus."
Identify (v.) Identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
describe, name].
Identify (v.) Consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives."
Identify (v.) [ T ] (B2) 認出，識別 To recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what that person or thing is.
// Even the smallest baby can identify its mother by her voice.
// The gunman in Wednesday's attack has been identified as Lee Giggs, an unemployed truck driver.
// The police officer identified himself (= gave his name or proved who he was) and asked for our help.
Identify (v.) [ T ] (B2) 確定；發現 To recognize a problem, need, fact, etc. and to show that it exists.
// The research will be used to identify training needs.
// You need to identify your priorities.
Phrasal verb: Identify with sb
Identify with sb (- Phrasal verb with Identify) (v.) [ T ] (B2) 認同（某人），與（某人）產生共鳴 To feel that you are similar to someone in some way and that you can understand that person or their situation because of this.
// Many women of normal weight feel unable to identify with the super-thin models in fashion magazines.
Phrasal verb: Identify sb/ sth with sth
Identify sb/ sth with sth (- Phrasal verb with Identify) (v.) [ T ] 認為…與…密切相關 To believe that someone or something is closely connected or involved with something.
// Many football fans are unfairly identified with violent behaviour.
Identism (n.) (Metaph.) The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the {system of identity} or {doctrine of identity}.
Identism (n.) (Ucountable) The doctrine that states of the mind and states of the brain are identical.
Identism (n.) A system or doctrine that maintains that particular phenomena are the same; specifically. Schelling's metaphysical theory of absolute identity.
Compare: Metaphysical
Metaphysical (a.) 純哲學的；形而上學的；抽象的；超自然的； [M-]（英國）玄學派詩歌（或詩人）的 Relating to metaphysics.
‘The essentially metaphysical question of the nature of mind.’
Metaphysical (a.) Based on abstract reasoning.
‘An empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law.’
Metaphysical (a.) Transcending physical matter or the laws of nature.
‘Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time.’
Metaphysical (a.) Of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets.
Compare: Metaphysics
Metaphysics (pl. n.) [Usually treated as singular]（用作單）純粹哲學；形而上學；抽象論；玄學；空頭理論；空談 The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space.
‘They would regard the question of the initial conditions for the universe as belonging to the realm of metaphysics or religion.’
Metaphysics (pl. n.) Abstract theory with no basis in reality.
‘His concept of society as an organic entity is, for market liberals, simply metaphysics.’
Metaphysics, () Has two main strands: that which holds that what exists lies beyond experience (as argued by Plato), and that which holds that objects of experience constitute the only reality (as argued by Kant, the logical positivists, and Hume). Metaphysics has also concerned itself with a discussion of whether what exists is made of one substance or many, and whether what exists is inevitable or driven by chance.
Identities (n. pl. ) of Identity.
Identity (n.) 身分；本身；本體 [C] [U]；同一人；同一物 [U]；同一（性）；相同（處），一致（處）[U] [C] The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Identity (n.) The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.
Identity (n.) (Math.) An identical equation.
Identity (n.) The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" [syn: {identity}, {personal identity}, {individuality}].
Identity (n.) 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."
Identity (n.) An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" [syn: {identity}, {identity element}, {identity operator}].
Identity (n.) Exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn: {identity}, {identicalness}, {indistinguishability}].
Identity (n.), Evidence. Sameness.
Identity (n.) It is frequently necessary to identify persons and things. In criminal prosecutions, and in actions for torts and on contracts, it is required to be proved that the defendants have in criminal actions, and for injuries, been guilty of the crime or injury charged; and in an action on a contract, that the defendant was a party to it. Sometimes, too, a party who has been absent, and who appears to claim an inheritance, must prove his identity and, not unfrequently, the body of a person which has been found dead must be identified: cases occur when the body is much disfigured, and, at other times, there is nothing left but the skeleton. Cases of considerable difficulty arise, in consequence of the omission to take particular notice; 2 Stark. Car. 239 Ryan's Med. Jur. 301; and in consequence of the great resemblance of two persons. 1 Hall's Am. Law Journ. 70; 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 509; 1 Paris, Med. Jur, 222; 3 Id. 143; Trail. Med. Jur. 33; Fodere, Med. Leg. ch. 2, tome 1, p. 78-139.
Identity (n.) In cases of larceny, trover, replevin, and the like, the things in dispute must always be identified. Vide 4 Bl. Com. 396.
Identity (n.) M. Briand, in his Manuel Complet de Medicine Legale, 4eme partie, ch. 1, gives rules for the discovery of particular marks, which an individual may have had, and also the true color of the hair, although it may have been artificially colored. He also gives some rules for the purpose of discovering, from the appearance of a skeleton, the sex, the age, and the height of the person when living, which he illustrates by various examples. See, generally, 6 C. & P 677; 1 C. & M. 730; 3 Tyr. 806; Shelf. on Mar. & Div. 226; 1 Hagg. Cons. R. 189; Best on Pres. Appx. case 4; Wills on Circums. Ev. 143, et seq.
Ideo- () A combining form from the Gr. ?, an idea.
Ideogenical (a.) 觀念學的；意識形態的；思想體系的 Of or relating to ideology.
Ideogeny (n.) [U] 意識形態 The science which treats of the origin of ideas.
Ideogram (n.) 表意文字（如中國及其他象形文字） An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. -- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. -- J. Peile.
Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc.
Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.
Ideogram (n.) A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms" [syn: ideogram, ideograph].
Ideogram, () A symbol representing a concept. Nearly all ideograms are pictograms - pictures of the thing represented, others are merely conventional. An example of non-pictorial ideogram might be the degree symbol (a superfix circle) when used for temperature. (2014-07-30)
Ideograph (n.) Same as Ideogram. Ideographic
Ideograph (n.) 表意文字（如中國及其他象形文字） A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms" [syn: ideogram, ideograph].
Ideographic (a.) Alt. of Ideographical.
Ideographical (a.) 表意的；記號的 Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself. -- I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ideographics (n.) The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.
Ideography (n.) 表意文字研究；表意文字的使用 The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc. Ideologic
Ideography (n.) The use of ideograms in writing.
Ideologic, Ideological (a.) 意識形態的；思想上的 Concerned with or suggestive of ideas; as, an ideologic argument.
Syn: ideological.
Ideologic (a.) Concerned with or suggestive of ideas; "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological" [syn: ideological, ideologic].
Ideological (a.) 觀念學的；意識形態的；思想體系的 Of or pertaining to ideology.
Ideological (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
Ideological (a.) Concerned with or suggestive of ideas; "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological" [syn: ideological, ideologic].
Ideologist (n.) 觀念學者 One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.
Ideologue (n.)（尤指倡導或闡釋某思想的）理論家，思想家，觀念學家 An adherent to or advocate of some ideology [3].
Syn: ideologist.
Ideologue (n.) An advocate of some ideology [syn: ideologist, ideologue].
Ideology (n.) The science of ideas. --Stewart.
Ideology (n.) (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.
Note: By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, id['e]ologie . . . has in France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Ideology (n.) A set or system of theories and beliefs held by an individual or group, especially about sociopolitical goals and methods to attain them; in common usage, ideology is such a set of beliefs so strongly held by their adherents as to cause them to ignore evidence against such beliefs, and thus fall into error -- in this sense it is viewed as a negative trait; contrasted to pragmatism, and distinct from idealism.
Ideology (n.) An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation [syn: political orientation, ideology, political theory].
Ideology (n.) Imaginary or visionary theorization.
Ideo-motion (n.) (Physiol.) An ideo-motor movement.
Ideo-motor (a.) (Physiol.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. -- Carpenter.
Ides (n. pl.) (Anc. Rom. Calendar) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
The ides of March remember. -- Shak.
Note: Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from the ides.
Ides (n.) In the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month.
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IDES, () Intrusion Detection Expert System (IBM, IDS, XPS).
IDES, NONES and CALENDS, () civil law. This mode of computing time, formerly in use among the Romans, is yet used in several chanceries in, Europe, particularly in that of the pope. Many ancient instruments bear these dates; it is therefore proper to notice them here. These three words designate all the days of the month.
IDES, NONES and CALENDS, () The calends were the first day of every month, and were known by adding the names of the months; as calendis januarii, calendis februarii, for the first days of the months of January and February. They designated the following days by those before the nones. The fifth day of each month, except those of March, May, July, and October; in those four months the nones indicated the seventh day; nonis martii, was therefore the seventh day of March, and so of the rest. In those months in which the nones indicated the fifth day, the second was called quarto nonas or 4 nonas, that is to say, quarto die ante nonas, the fourth day before the nones. The words die and ante, being understood, were usually suppressed. The third day of each of those eight months was called tertio, or 3 nonas. The fourth, was pridie or 2 nonas; and the fifth was nonas. In the months of March, May, July and October, the second day of the months was called sexto or 6 nonas; the third, quinto, or 5 nonas; the fourth, quarto, or 4 nonas; the fifth, tertio, or 3 nonas; the sixth, pridie, usually abridged prid. or pr. or 2 nonas; and the seventh, nones. The word nonae is so applied, it is said, because it indicates the ninth day before the ides of each month.
IDES, NONES and CALENDS, () In the months of March, May, July and October, the fifteenth day of the months was the Ides. These are the four mouths, as above mentioned, in which the nones were on the seventh day. In the other eight months of the year the nones were the fifth of the month, and the ides the thirteenth in each of them the ides indicated the ninth day after the nones. The seven days between the nones and the ides, which we count 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, in March, May, July and October, the Romans counted octave, or 8 idus; septimo, or 7 idus; sexto, or 6 idus; quinto, or 5 idus; quarto, or 4 idus; tertio, or 3 idus; pridie, or 2, idus; the word ante being understood as mentioned above. As to the other eight mouths of the year, in which the nones indicated the fifth day of the month, instead of our 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, the Romans counted octavo idus, septimo, &c. The word is said to be derived from the Tuscan, iduare, in Latin dividere, to divide, because the day of ides divided the month into equal parts. The days from the ides to the end of the month were computed as follows; for example, the fourteenth day of January, which was the next day after the ides, was called decimo nono, or 19 kalendas, or ante kalendas febrarii; the fifteenth, decimo octavo, or 18 kalendas februarii, and so of the rest. Counting in a, retrograde manner to pridie or 2 kalendas februarii, which was the thirty-first day of January.
IDES, NONES and CALENDS, () As in some months the ides indicate the thirteenth, and in some the fifteenth of the month, and as the months have not an equal number of days, it follows that the decimo nono or 19 kalendas did not always happen to be the next day after the Ides, this was the case only in the months of January, August and December. Decimo sexto or the 16th in February; decimo septimo or 17, March, May, July and October; decimo octave or 18, in April, June, September, and November. Merlin, Repertoire de Jurisprudence, mots Ides, Nones et Calendes.
Ides (n.) (pl.) （古羅馬曆中）每個月中間的那一天 In the ancient Roman calendar, a day approximately in the middle of each month.
Compare: Calends
Calends (n.) (pl.) (also Kalends) （古羅馬曆法中）每月的第一天 In the ancient Roman calendar, the first day of the month.
Compare: Nones
Nones (n.) (pl.) 古羅馬曆三月、五月、七月和十月的第七天或其他月份的第五天 In the ancient Roman calendar, the ninth day before the ides (= the middle day of the month).
// The nones of December dawned bright and cold.
Idio- () A combining form from the Greek 'i`dios, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
Idioblast (n.) (Bot.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
Idiocrasis (n.) [NL.] Idiocracy.
Idiocrasies (n. pl. ) of Idiocracy.
Idiocracy (n.) Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy. Idiocratic
Idiocratic (a.) Alt. of Idiocratical.
Idiocratical (a.) Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
Idiocy (n.) The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. -- F. W. Robertson.
Idiocy (n.) Extreme mental retardation [syn: idiocy, amentia].
Idiocyclophanous (a.) (Crystallog.) Same as Idiophanous.
Idioelectric (a.) (Physics) 非導體的；能磨擦生電的 Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.
Idioelectric (n.) An idioelectric substance.
Idiograph (n.) A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark. Idiographic
Idiographic (a.) Alt. of Idiographical.
Idiographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an idiograph.
Idiographic (a.) Relating to or involving the study of individuals [ant: nomothetic].
Idiolatry (n.) Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.
Idiolatry (n.) The worship of yourself [syn: idiolatry, autolatry, self-worship].
Idiolect (n.) [C or U] 個人習語（個人所使用的某種語言形式） The form of a language that a particular person speaks.
Idiolect (n.) (Linguistics) The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
Idiolect (n.) The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
Idiolect (n.) The speech habits peculiar to a particular person.
‘In his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels “angelicals“.’
Idiom (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues. -- G. P. Marsh.
By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language. -- J. H. Newman.
He followed their language [the Latin], but did not comply with the idiom of ours. -- Dryden.
Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language.
Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech. -- Prior.
Idiom (n.) A combination of words having a meaning peculiar to itself and not predictable as a combination of the meanings of the individual words, but sanctioned by usage; as, an idiomatic expression; less commonly, a single word used in a peculiar sense.
It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are made current: "I can make nothing of it." "He treats his subject home." -- Dryden. "It is that within us that makes for righteousness." -- M. Arnold. -- Gostwick (Eng. Gram.)
Sometimes we identify the words with the object -- though by courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language. -- Coleridge.
Idiom (n.) The phrase forms peculiar to a particular author; as, written in his own idiom.
Every good writer has much idiom. -- Landor.
Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.
Syn: Dialect.
Usage: Idiom, Dialect. The idioms of a language belong to its very structure; its dialects are varieties of expression ingrafted upon it in different localities or by different professions. Each county of England has some peculiarities of dialect, and so have most of the professions, while the great idioms of the language are everywhere the same. See Language. Idiomatic.
Idiom (n.) A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language [syn: parlance, idiom].
Idiom (n.) 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" [syn: dialect, idiom, accent].
Idiom (n.) The style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" [syn: artistic style, idiom].
Idiom (n.) An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase].
Idiomatic (a.) Alt. of Idiomatical.
Idiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. -- Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Idiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of an idiom [3]; having a meaning that is peculiar to itself and not predictable from general rules.
Idiomatic (a.) Of or relating to or conforming to idiom; "idiomatic English" [syn: idiomatic, idiomatical].
Idiomorphic (a.) Idiomorphous.
Idiomorphous (a.) Having a form of its own.
Idiomorphous (a.) (Crystallog.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.
Idiomuscular (a.) (Physiol.) Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.
Idiopathetic (a.) Idiopathic. [R.]
Idiopathic (a.) Alt. of Idiopathical.
Idiopathical (a.) (Med.) 【醫】（疾病）自發的；特發的；原發的 Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to {symptomatic}, {sympathetic}, and {traumatic}.-- {Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Idiopathic (a.) (Of diseases) Arising from an unknown cause; "idiopathic epilepsy."
Idiopathies (n. pl. ) of Idiopathy.
Idiopathy (n.) 【醫】原發症；自發病 A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.
All men are so full of their own fancies and idiopathies, that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger. -- Dr. H. More.
Idiopathy (n.) (Med.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
Idiopathy (n.) Any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause [syn: {idiopathic disease}, {idiopathic disorder}, {idiopathy}].
Idiophanous (a.) (Crystallog.) Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.
Idioplasm (n.) (Biol.) Same as Idioplasma.
Compare: Chromatin
Chromatin (n.) (Biol.) The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of eukaryotic cells, composed of DNA and basic proteins (such as histones), the DNA of which comprises the predominant physical basis of inheritance. It was, at the beginning of the 20th century, supposed to be the same substance as was then termed idioplasm or germ plasm. In most eukaryotic cells, there is also DNA in certain plasmids, such as mitochondria, or (in plant cells) chloroplasts; but with the exception of these cytoplasmic genetic factors, the nuclear DNA of the chromatin is believed to contain all the genetic information required to code for the development of an adult organism. In the interphase nucleus the chromosomes are dispersed, but during cell division or meiosis they are condensed into the individually recognizable chromosomes. The set of chromosomes, or a photographic representation of the full set of chromosomes of a cell (often ordered for presentation) is called a karyotype.
Idioplasma (n.) (Biol.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
Idiorepulsive (a.) Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.
Idiosyncrasies (n. pl. ) of Idiosyncrasy.
Idiosyncrasy (n.) A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of the body. -- I. Taylor. Idiosyncratic
Idiosyncrasy (n.) A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism].
Idiosyncratic (a.) Alt. of Idiosyncratical.
Idiosyncratical (a.) Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.
Idiot (n.) [C] 白痴；傻瓜，笨蛋，糊塗蟲 A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. [Obs.]
St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons. -- Jer. Taylor.
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