Ideal
Ideal adjective - Dealing with or expressing a quality or idea.
Usage example: honesty is an ideal entity that has more admirers than practitioners
Romantic is a synonym for ideal in imaginary topic. In some cases you can use "Romantic" instead an adjective "Ideal", when it comes to topics like unreal.
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- In Shakespeare's day, male friendship was seen as a higher ideal than romantic love between a man and a woman.
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This leads to his love for Ellen, who represents his imaginative ideal(but who herself is fleeing the world he wants to be a part of, being less romantic than he is).
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Also a front runner in the idea that if someone decided to be an ideal hero/citizen/human being, it would have serious ramifications on their social, romantic, family, and professional life.
Source: Franchise / Spider-Man
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