Variable type as object with optional element?

Terraform
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Is it possible to set up a variable type with optional elements? For instance, setting up a variable for an AWS security group rule:

    variable "source_security_group_ingress_rules" {
      description = "List of ingress rule objects to create."
      type = list(
        object(
          {
            from_port                = string,
            to_port                  = string,
            protocol                 = string,
            source_security_group_id = string,
            description   = string,
          }
        )
      )
    }

I’d like to make the description element optional. If I specify it, it is required. If I don’t specify it, it gets stripped if it is provided.