Ideational
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌɪdɪˈeɪʃən(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ideational is an adjective meaning Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses.
Meaning
Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses.
Example Sentences
Ideational culture, which Sorokin counterposes to the sensate, is generated through more ethereal forms of engagement with the world. Ideational culture also abounds in religious communities.
An immoral dream would demonstrate nothing further of the dreamer's inner life than that he had at some time acquired knowledge of its ideational content [translating Vorstellungsinhalt], but certainly not that it revealed an impulse of his own psyche.
Synonyms for ideational
Depending on context, synonyms include abstract, notional, conceptional.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include notional, abstract, conceptional, metaphenomenal, presentive, ideomotor.
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