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ideational adjective formaluk /ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən.əl/ us /ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən.əl/ relating to or involving the activity of forming ideas in the mind: This branch of linguistics distinguishes between the ideational, interpersonal, and textual functions of language. A distinction is made between the observable aspects of a culture and its more ideational elements, such as values, assumptions, and beliefs. The ideational dimension of the project was important because it aimed at changing perceptions. He believed that the ideational foundations of society were often taken for granted. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Ideas, concepts and theories abstract abstraction accepted wisdom afterthought anthropocentrism Darwinism Darwinist determinist Dianetics motif musings natalism non-dogmatic non-empirical sacred cow social Darwinism straw man supersensible tenet the domino theory
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