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aggregate idea

aggregate idea An aggregate idea is a general idea of a class or group understood as a collection taken together, with the separate members still mentally present rather than stripped away into an abstraction.

An aggregate idea is a general idea of a class or group understood as a collection taken together, with the separate members still mentally present rather than stripped away into an abstraction. It refers to the idea of an aggregate, not to an idea that is merely made up of combined or complex parts.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Aggregate” (Aggregate).
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