Ideal


(a.) Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.


(a.) Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.


(a.) Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.


(a.) Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.


(a.) Imaginary.


(n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.



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