Ideal and Rule

Ideal

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

Usage example: she's our ideal of the concerned, caring physician

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

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

Rule noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.

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Ideal and rule are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ideal" instead a noun "Rule".

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

female	female ideal	female rule
particular	particular ideal	particular rule
similar	similar ideal	similar rule
certain	certain ideal	certain rule
Other adjectives: standard, original, strong, actual, real, absolute, main, new, arbitrary, communist, roman.

His main ideal was that Buddhistic Sinhalese alone should rule Ceylon, and neither the British nor the Tamils.

Source: Useful Notes / Sri Lankan Civil War
They Look Like Us Now: The Inbit take humans forms as the ideal life form to rule the planet.

Source: Anime / Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
His goal is to make Helen fall for Matt, a hired actor who is her ideal man, except that he's a pilot, hoping to make Helen erase the rule of not dating pilots.

Source: Series / Wings

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