Perversely idealistic and stressed, in a way (10)

I believe the answer is:

italicised

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'stressed in a way' is the definition.
'italicised' can be an answer for 'stressed' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'in a way' bit.

'perversely idealistic' is the wordplay.
'perversely' is an anagram indicator.
'idealistic' with letters rearranged gives 'ITALICISED'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for italicised that I've seen before include "Drew attention to" , "Stressed" , "Inclined to stress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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