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ideal (adj.)
[ideal 词源字典]
early 15c., "pertaining to an archetype or model," from Late Latin
idealis
"existing in idea," from Latin
idea
in the Platonic sense (see
idea
). Sense of "perfect" first recorded 1610s.
[ideal etymology, ideal origin, 英语词源]
ideal (n.)
"perfect person or thing," 1796, in a translation of Kant, from
ideal
(adj.).