noun
- The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain.
- Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
adjective
- Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal.
- Constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception.
- usage: "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content"
- Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas.
- synonyms: idealistic
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