The conception of anything in its highest perfection or supreme development; a standard of perfection; an ideal. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > standard or type of (6) idea1586 The conception of anything in its highest perfection or supreme development; a standard of perfection; an ideal. Obsolete. quintessence1590 figurative. The most typical example of a category or class; the most perfect embodiment of a certain type of person or thing. top1593 One who or that which is or represents the highest pitch or degree; the most perfect example or type of something. (The constr. in quot. 1684 is obs… ideal1796 A conception of something, or a thing conceived, in its highest perfection, or as an object to be realized or aimed at; a standard of perfection or… ideal case1813 a perfect or supremely excellent example or illustration of its kind; (esp. in Science) a notional or hypothetical situation that exemplifies a… beau-ideal1820 The highest conceived or conceivable type of beauty or excellence of any kind; that in which one's ‘ideal’ is realized, the perfect type or model. |
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