Dictionary Definition
ideality n : the quality of being ideal
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The quality or state of being ideal.
- The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
- The conceptive faculty.
References
Extensive Definition
- For other uses of ideality, see ideal.
Ideality is a faculty from the discredited
pseudoscience
discipline of phrenology. Ideality
describes the disposition towards perfection, towards beauty and
refinement in all aspects of life. It is localized on the temples,
above and behind constructiveness.
Ideality creates the width of the temples; a weak Ideality means
narrow temples.
Interaction with other faculties
- Ideality + weak perceptive faculties: quest for immaterial beauty - literature, poetry,..
- Ideality + strong perceptive faculties: quest for material beauty - art,...
- Ideality + strong constructiveness: artistic talent