The phrase "a larger idea of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a broader or more comprehensive concept or perspective on a particular topic.
Example: "In our discussion, we need to consider a larger idea of community that includes diverse voices and experiences."
Alternatives: "a broader concept of" or "a more expansive view of".
They no longer have a larger idea of what being Jewish is for.
It pointed toward a larger idea of competition, extending beyond the individual event to take in the entire city as a place where the competitive spirit is manifested in the pursuit of excellence.
For crammed into love stories are not just assignations, betrayals, setbacks and occasional ecstasy; not only hate and pain and horror, to say nothing of death and forgetting; but a better idea of us, a larger idea of our humanity.
Pakistan sees itself as defending the principles of self-determination and majority rule; India sees itself as defending a larger idea of democracy, and the principles that terrorism must not be rewarded and borders altered by force.
"Rather than thinking note by note, it has a larger idea of what it wants to play as a whole". You can listen to one of its compositions in the video above.
These realities prompted me to reflect on a larger idea of how Western notions of medicine rely largely on physical explanations to validate the occurrence of illnesses.
He considers the film to be one segment of a larger idea – Sculpt, the concept – which he describes as a "dematerialised social sculpture".
What I suggest here is just a sketch of a larger idea.
The lie is not a claim about specific facts; the lunacy is a deliberate challenge to the whole larger idea of sanity.
Larger ideas of a mind-body connection, and mentions of brain research, are not treated in an inspiring or deeply informative way.
It is not the large idea of "gay".
