ideoplastic

adjective

ideo·​plas·​tic

1

: modified by mental activity

ideoplastic factors in digestion

2

of an art form : rendered symbolic or conventional through the mental remodeling of natural subjects

ideoplasticity

-ˌpla¦stisətē

noun

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary ideo- + -plastic; originally formed as French idéoplastique

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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