ideal+excellence

  • 21beau ideal — n. (pl. beaux ideals) the highest type of excellence or beauty. Etymology: F beau ideacuteal = ideal beauty: see BEAU, IDEAL …

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  • 22ego ideal — noun (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives • Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology • Hypernyms: ↑ideal …

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  • 23ego ideal — Psychoanal. a more or less conscious ideal of personal excellence derived from a composite image of the characteristics of persons, initially those of the parents, with whom the individual identifies. [1920 25] * * * …

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  • 24beau idéal — noun /bo ideal/ An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.<ref name= COED def >The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]</ref> …

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  • 25beau idéal — [ˌbəʊ i:deɪ al] noun a person or thing representing the highest possible standard of excellence in a particular respect. Origin Fr., lit. ideal beauty …

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  • 26ego ideal — e′go ide al n. psl prs Psychoanal. an ideal of personal excellence based on positive identification with parent figures • Etymology: 1920–25 …

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  • 27beau ideal — /boʊ aɪˈdɪəl/ (say boh uy dearl) noun 1. a conception of perfect beauty. 2. a model of excellence. {French} …

  • 28ego ideal — /igoʊ aɪˈdil/ (say eegoh uy deel) noun Psychology a more or less conscious criterion of personal excellence towards which an individual strives. It is derived from a composite image of the characteristics of persons (initially the parents) with… …

  • 29perfection — n 1. ideal, ideality, inimitability, inimitableness, incomparability, incomparableness; superiority, extraordinariness, preeminence, superemi nence, transcendence, sublimity, infinity; goodness, holiness, virtue. 2. completeness, entirety,… …

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  • 30Cola di Rienzo — Statue of Cola Di Rienzo by Girolamo Masini, erected in 1877 near the Campidoglio, where he was killed. Cola di Rienzo (or di Rienzi) (c. 1313 – October 8, 1354) was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, tribune of the Roman people… …

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