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ideal
adjective as in model, perfect
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archetypal, complete, consummate, exemplary, flawless, have-it-all, indefectible, paradigmatic, pie-in-the-sky, prototypical, supreme
adjective as in conceptual; impractical
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abstract, hypothetical, imaginary, intellectual, utopian, visionary
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chimerical, dreamlike, extravagant, fanciful, fictitious, high-flown, in the clouds, ivory-tower, mental, mercurial, notional, out of reach, quixotic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly
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The situation might seem to offer ideal conditions for far-right Chega, the third-largest party in parliament, to renew its attacks on corruption in politics.
The ideal solution, Allen said, is the original one.
According to Didion, that moral hollowness found its ideal spokesman in Ronald Reagan, a minor Hollywood actor who leveraged his position as a Screen Actors Guild leader to be elected California’s governor in 1966.
But they ran afoul of Trump by embracing the fundamentally American ideal that our diversity is our strength.
The most recent failed presidential campaign provides an ideal case study for critics of business as usual.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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