| idealist |
a person with high or noble principles, goals, or codes of action. [3 definitions] |
| idealistic |
of or characteristic of an idealist or idealism. |
| idealize |
to conceive or represent in an ideal form; raise to an ideal level; consider to be ideal. [2 definitions] |
| idealless |
combined form of ideal. |
| ideally |
in conformance with an ideal; perfectly. [2 definitions] |
| ideate |
to form a thought or idea of; imagine. [2 definitions] |
| idée fixe |
(French) a fixed idea or obsession. |
| idem |
(Latin) the same as that previously mentioned (used in footnotes and bibliographies to indicate that a citation comes from the same book, article, page, or the like as the previous citation). |
| identical |
the same. [3 definitions] |
| identical twin |
either of two twins formed from the splitting of one zygote, or fertilized egg, and sharing the same genotype at birth. |
| identification |
the act of identifying a person or thing. [3 definitions] |
| identify |
to determine or prove the identity of (someone or something). [4 definitions] |
| identity |
all of those characteristics by which a person or thing is known to be himself, herself, or itself. [3 definitions] |
| identity crisis |
a period of distress of confusion about one's role, goals, character, or the like, esp. occurring in adolescence, because of conflicting expectations from parents, peers, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| identity theft |
the crime of taking on the identity of another by discovering and appropriating identifying information such as social security and credit card numbers. |
| ideo- |
idea. |
| ideogram |
a written character or symbol that represents an object or idea without spelling out particular words. [2 definitions] |
| ideological |
of or concerning basic beliefs, concepts, and social and political aims of an individual, group, or institution; of or concerning ideology. |
| ideologist |
an expert in ideology. |
| ideologue |
one who strongly advocates a particular ideology. |
| ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |