Form and Ideal

Form

Form noun - The outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance.

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Ideal and form are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ideal" instead a noun "Form".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, formed, formality, formless

Ideal noun - Someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation.

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Form and ideal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Form" instead a noun "Ideal".

Nearby Words: idea, idealistic, ideally, idealize, idealise

female	female form	female ideal
physical	physical form	physical ideal
particular	particular form	particular ideal
similar	similar form	similar ideal
Other adjectives: standard, original, true, powerful, actual, real, feminine, ultimate, new, traditional, classic, modern.

Deconstructed, in that Catherine's a literal pixie dream girl, being a succubus who's taken on the form of the main character's ideal woman.

Source: Manic Pixie Dream Girl
They have the ability to instinctively locate lonely humans with emotional voids in their lives, and take on the form and persona of the ideal substitute parent, child, friend, lover, etc.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Literature
Or so the propaganda machine goes; it's far more likely that he's more a concept/ideal than an actual life form, played by a succession of actors.

Source: Ultimate Life Form

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