Ideal
Ideal adjective - Dealing with or expressing a quality or idea.
Usage example: honesty is an ideal entity that has more admirers than practitioners
Mental and ideal are semantically related. in conceptual topic. In some cases you can use "Mental" instead an adjective "Ideal".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Since they usually manage to stay awake through a combination of "drugs, stress, and mental illness," they're not the ideal parents.
Source: Promotion to Parent -
It turns out that human physical strength is an ideal trait, when coupled with mental capability, which the Ethereals wanted to incorporate into their empire.
Source: Puny Earthlings - This sort of mental programing is routine for ponies who don't fit Celestia's ideal "harmonious" psychological profile.
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