ideational
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- adjective
- /ˌaɪdiˈeɪʃənl/
- Specialized
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ideacional
- Her ideational approach to problem-solving allows her to see solutions that others miss.
- ideational content
- ideational fluency
- ideational code
And here we have, you know, Greek epic tragedy and comedy language now ideational.
- And here we have, you know, Greek epic tragedy and comedy language now ideational.
Examples
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The workshop focused on ideational strategies to enhance creative thinking in students.
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Finally, a new way of thinking about creative expression, called ideational code-switching, is proposed.
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Providing opportunities for students to practice ideational code-switching.
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Turkish foreign policy toward Syria has been shaped by both material and ideational factors.
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The purpose of this article is to propose a metaphor called ideational code-switching.
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Eventually, three changes in American strategy, each with significant ideational origins and state-related implications, began to improve security conditions in Iraq.
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Consistent with work in the ideational literature, the ideology of policy-makers also affects policy implementation.
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Religion's greatest vitality lies at the motivational and ideational level.
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The article closes with suggestions for how teachers can support students' ideational code-switching and thereby encourage creative expression in their classroom.
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Policy-makers' piecemeal responses to immediate problems affect when and how institutional, coalitional, or ideational factors shape policy outcomes.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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7.4
Existing as an idea and not as a physical thing
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6.5
It is about ideas and how people form them
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7.5
Existing only in the mind and not real
About ideas or general plans rather than practical details
Art or writing that focuses on ideas more than how it looks
Emphasizing ideas and meaning rather than how something looks
Antonyms
How Conceptual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ideational comes from idea ('a thought' or 'form') plus -al ('relating to'), and idea goes back to an old Greek word for 'form' or 'what is seen'. So ideational means 'relating to ideas or mental images' rather than to physical things.