ideal+excellence

  • 11ideal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. model, paragon; idol, hero; perfect example. adj. visionary; unattainable, Platonic, abstract, Utopian, perfect; impracticable. See imagination, nonexistence, perfection. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 12ideal — n 1. model, standard of perfection, standard of excellence, beau ideal, Latin, ne plus ultra; acme, height, pinnacle, peak; pink, paragon, nonpareil, nonsuch, flower, phoenix. 2. prototype, archetype, model, exemplar, example, paradigm; original …

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  • 13ideal —    A theory or conception of something in its absolute perfection. Or, a standard or model of excellence. Also, an ultimate object of endeavor; a goal. And, an honorable or worthy principle or aim …

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  • 14beau ideal — [Fr.] Ideal beauty, ideal excellence, ideal standard, ideal, realized ideal, perfection, consummation, consummate flower …

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  • 15Beau ideal — Ideal I*de al, n. A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc. [1913 Webster] The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually… …

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  • 16Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology at AIT — Center of Excellence at AIT CoEN @ AIT Motto There is no sky to limit us at the bottom Type Center of Excellence Endowment …

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  • 17Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai — Established 17 September 2007[1] Type Science Education and Research Institution …

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  • 18beau ideal — pl. beaus ideal, beaux ideal for 1; beau ideals for 2. 1. a conception of perfect beauty. 2. a model of excellence. [1795 1805; < F beau idéal lit., ideal beauty. See BEAU, IDEAL] * * * …

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  • 19beau ideal — beau′ ide′al n. pl. beaus ideal, beaux ideal; beau ideals 1) fot a conception of perfect beauty 2) fot a model of excellence • Etymology: 1795–1805; &LT; F beau idéal lit., ideal beauty …

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  • 20ego-ideal — In psychoanalysis, a more or less conscious ideal of personal excellence toward which an individual strives, and that is derived from a composite image of the personal characteristics of a parent, public figure, or one or more other individuals&#8230; …

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