Ideal and Pet

Ideal

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

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Pet and ideal are semantically related in one preferred topic. In some cases you can use "Pet" instead the word "Ideal" as a noun or an adjective.

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

Pet noun - A person or thing that is preferred over others.

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Ideal and pet are semantically related in one preferred topic. Sometimes you can use "Ideal" instead the word "Pet" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: petted, petting

female	female ideal	female pet
nice	nice ideal	nice pet
similar	similar ideal	similar pet
perfect	perfect ideal	perfect pet
Other adjectives: original, powerful, actual, real, supposed, new.

They're clearly not meant to be sympathised with, even though they do have a point that a monster may not be the ideal choice for a pet, especially since they were just saved from monsters who attacked and took over the village twice in the past couple months.

Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest VII
The Pet Girl Of Sakura Hall, describes a girl as a "pet." This is probably meant to sound misogynistic, because the show aggressively deconstructs the idea that an adorable ditz would make an ideal girlfriend.

Source: Intentionally Awkward Title
Beckett decides that the ideal pet for him would be turtles, as they don't require much care or space (any animal that did require such would be unfairly served by him and his job) but are still appealing to him.

Source: Turtle Power

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