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ideational

ideational

1 8.6
Relating to ideas or thoughts
  • adjective
  • /ˌaɪdiˈeɪʃənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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.

Examples

  • The workshop focused on ideational strategies to enhance creative thinking in students.

  • Finally, a new way of thinking about creative expression, called ideational code-switching, is proposed.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Providing opportunities for students to practice ideational code-switching.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Turkish foreign policy toward Syria has been shaped by both material and ideational factors.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The purpose of this article is to propose a metaphor called ideational code-switching.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Eventually, three changes in American strategy, each with significant ideational origins and state-related implications, began to improve security conditions in Iraq.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Consistent with work in the ideational literature, the ideology of policy-makers also affects policy implementation.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Religion's greatest vitality lies at the motivational and ideational level.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The article closes with suggestions for how teachers can support students' ideational code-switching and thereby encourage creative expression in their classroom.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Policy-makers' piecemeal responses to immediate problems affect when and how institutional, coalitional, or ideational factors shape policy outcomes.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

abstract
vsideational
86 7.4

Existing as an idea and not as a physical thing

focuses on ideas and mental representations rather than physical objects
conceptual
vsideational
45 6.5

It is about ideas and how people form them

focuses more broadly on any mental representations rather than category formation
notional
vsideational
3 7.5

Existing only in the mind and not real

covers ideas and mental representations without implying reality or concreteness
conceptional
vsideational
  • Formal
8.0

About ideas or general plans rather than practical details

is about mental representations generally, not only theoretical study of notions
conceptualistic
vsideational
  • Specialized
9.9

Art or writing that focuses on ideas more than how it looks

is the general concern with ideas across contexts, not only artistic movements
conceptualist
vsideational
  • Specialized
8.6

Emphasizing ideas and meaning rather than how something looks

is broader, about ideas in many fields not limited to art

Antonyms

798 2.7

About real material things you can see or touch

206 3.9

Real and possible to touch rather than abstract

How Conceptual

to abstract
6 7.3
ideational
  • Specialized
1 8.6
conceptual
45 6.5
concrete
206 3.9

Surface Forms

ideational positive

Morphology

ideational = ideation (semi-transparent) = idea + tion + al

The word is built from the familiar base 'ideation' plus the adjective suffix '-al', but the intermediate layer makes the meaning less immediate for learners.

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.