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pattern, example, epitome: She regarded Florence Nightingale as
her ideal. 2 acme, (standard of) perfection, nonpareil: The
ideal can rarely be achieved, so you had better settle for
reality. 3 ideals. principles, morals, standards: Everyone's
ideals are compromised sooner or later.
--adj. 4 perfect, excellent, supreme, consummate, complete,
model, idyllic: This is an ideal home for a young couple. 5
conceptual, imagined, imaginary, unreal, visionary, idealistic,
fictitious, Utopian, notional, mythical or mythic, fantasy,
dream, romantic, chimeric(al), illusory, fanciful, fancied: In
his ideal world there is no crime, so there is no need for
police.
idealistic
adj. visionary, romantic, romanticized, optimistic,
starry-eyed, quixotic, Panglossian, impractical, unrealistic:
He is idealistic enough to believe that people are basically
good.
idealize v. exalt, elevate, glorify, worship, ennoble, deify,
apotheosize, put on a pedestal, romanticize: Because she
idealizes him, she cannot see his true nature.
ideally adv. 1 under or in the best of circumstances, at best, in a
perfect world, all things being equal: Ideally, February is the
time to holiday in the Caribbean. 2 theoretically, in theory,
in principle: Ideally, people ought to have money before they
are too old to enjoy it. 3 perfectly: John and Marsha are
ideally suited to each other.
identical adj. 1 same, twin, duplicate, indistinguishable,
interchangeable; selfsame: The two leaves look identical to me.
The duchess and I had the identical suite at the hotel, but a
week apart. 2 similar, matching, like, alike, comparable, equal,
equivalent, corresponding: The children are dressed in
identical clothing.
identification
n. 1 connection, recognition, distinguishing, indication,
perception, detection, selection, naming, labelling,
pinpointing, designation, characterization, denomination;
authentication, verification, establishment, certification,