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n. A conception of something in its absolute perfection.

n. One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence.

n. An ultimate object of endeavor; a goal.

n. An honorable or worthy principle or aim.

adj. Of, relating to, or embodying an ideal.

adj. Conforming to an ultimate form or standard of perfection or excellence.

adj. Considered the best of its kind.

adj. Completely or highly satisfactory: The location of the new house is ideal.

adj. Existing only in the mind; imaginary.

adj. Lacking practicality or the possibility of realization.

adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of ideas or mental images.

adj. Philosophy Existing as an archetype or pattern, especially as a Platonic idea or perception.

adj. Philosophy Of or relating to idealism.

adj. Optimal; being the best possibility.

adj. Perfect, flawless, having no defects.

adj. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.

adj. Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.

adj. Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.

n. A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.

n. A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.

adj. Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental.

adj. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless.

adj. Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.

adj. Teaching the doctrine of idealism.

adj. Imaginary.

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

Of or pertaining to or consisting in ideas.

Existing only in idea; confined to thought or imagination.

Conforming completely to a standard of perfection; perfect.

In philosophy, regarding ideas as the only real entities; pertaining to or of the nature of idealism.

Arising from ideas or conceptions; based upon an ideal or ideals; manifesting or embodying imagination; imaginative: as, the ideal school in art or literature; an ideal statue or portrait.

Synonyms Imaginary, fanciful, shadowy, unreal, chimerical.

n. That which exists only in idea; a conception that exceeds reality.

n. An imaginary object or individual in which an idea is conceived to be completely realized; hence, a standard or model of perfection: as, the ideal of beauty, virtue, etc.; Bayard, the ideal of chivalry.

n. A standard of desire; an ultimate object or aim; a mental conception of what is most desirable: as, one's ideal of enjoyment; our ideals are seldom attained.

n. Synonyms Pattern, Model, etc. See example.

In projective geometry, infinitely distant.

n. In mathematics, an ideal number.

n. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

adj. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

adj. constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception

adj. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

n. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

"Indeed, ideal observer analyses that go too far in this direction seem to become circular ” the ˜ideal™ observer is ideal because she always makes proper judgments, those being defined as just those judgments the ideal observer would make (Broad 1959, p. 263)."

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principal ideal    right ideal    left ideal    two-sided ideal   

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Biel    Brasil    Camille    Cecile    Cele    Ciel    Emil    Emile    Keil    Kiel   

new    standard    moral    perfect    conception    interest    noncognitive    majoritarian    concerned    high-priestly