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1 : one who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration

2 : one who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions

-ics noun singular or plural suffix 1 : study : knowledge : skill : practice

2 : characteristic actions or activities

3 : characteristic qualities, operations, or phenomena

ic·tus noun : the recurring stress or beat in a rhythmic or metrical series of sounds

ICU abbreviation intensive care unit

icy adjective ic·i·er; -est 1 : covered with, abounding in, or consisting of ice

2 : intensely cold

3 : being cold and unfriendly

— ic·i·ly adverb

— ic·i·ness noun

Synonyms

[2] arctic, bitter, chill, cold, freezing, frigid, frosty, glacial, polar, raw, wintry—more at COLD

[3] chill, chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cool, frigid, frosty, glacial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry—more at COLD

1id noun [ORIGIN: L, it]

: the part of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that is completely unconscious and concerned with instinctual needs and drives

2id abbreviation idem

1ID verb ID'd or IDed; ID'ing or IDing : IDENTIFY

2ID abbreviation 1 Idaho

2 identification

idea noun 1 : a plan for action : DESIGN

2 : something (as a thought, concept, sensation, or image) present in the mind

3 : a central meaning or purpose

Synonyms

concept, image, impression, notion, picture, thought; also apprehension, premonition, presentiment; chimera, illusion, phantasm; caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, notion, vagary, whim; observation, perception, reflection; assumption, belief, conclusion, conviction; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise, theory; brainstorm, inspiration

1ideal adjective 1 : existing only in the mind : IMAGINARY; also : lacking practicality

2 : of or relating to an ideal or to perfection : PERFECT

Synonyms

absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, letter-perfect, perfect, unblemished—more at PERFECT

2ideal noun 1 : a standard of excellence

2 : one regarded as a model worthy of imitation

3 : GOAL

Synonyms

[1] classic, epitome, exemplar, perfection, quintessence—more at QUINTESSENCE

[2] beau ideal, classic, exemplar, model, nonpareil, paragon; also role model; embodiment, epitome, incarnation, manifestation, personification; archetype, example, paradigm, pattern; guideline, principle, rule; gauge, standard, touchstone; essence, quintessence; acme, apex, culmination, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith

ide·al·ise British variant of IDEALIZE

ide·al·ism noun : the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence; also : an idealized representation

— ide·al·is·tic adjective

— ide·al·is·ti·cal·ly adverb

ide·al·ist noun : one guided by ideals; also : one that places ideals before practical considerations

Synonyms

dreamer, romantic, utopian, visionary; also sentimentalist; theorist; perfectionist; thinker

Antonyms

realist

ide·al·ize verb -ized; -iz·ing : to think of or represent as ideal

— ide·al·i·za·tion noun

Synonyms

dream, glamorize, glorify; also daydream, imagine, romance, theorize, vision; better, perfect

ide·al·ly adverb 1 : in idea or imagination : MENTALLY

2 : in agreement with an ideal : PERFECTLY

Synonyms

faultlessly, flawlessly, impeccably, perfectly—more at PERFECTLY

ide·a·tion noun : the forming of ideas

— ide·ate verb

— ide·a·tion·al adjective

idem pronoun [ORIGIN: L, same]

: the same as something previously mentioned

iden·ti·cal adjective 1 : being the same

2 : essentially alike

Synonyms

[1, 2] duplicate, equal, even, indistinguishable, same—more at SAME

iden·ti·fi·ca·tion noun 1 : an act of identifying : the state of being identified

2 : evidence of identity

3 : an unconscious psychological process by which an individual models thoughts, feelings, and actions after another person or an object

iden·ti·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing 1 : to regard as identical

2 : to think of as united (as in spirit, outlook, or principle) : ASSOCIATE