beau ideal |
an example or model of perfection or excellence. [1/2 definitions] |
blemish |
a mark that spoils the perfection of something; flaw. [1/3 definitions] |
consummate |
to bring to perfection or fulfillment; complete. [1/5 definitions] |
defect |
a lack of something needed for adequacy, completeness, or perfection; shortcoming; deficiency. [1/3 definitions] |
defile1 |
to destroy the perfection or purity of. [1/5 definitions] |
Eden |
according to the Old Testament, the garden in which Adam and Eve, the first humans, lived in a state of perfection; Garden of Eden; paradise. [1/2 definitions] |
finish |
something added for completeness or aesthetic perfection. [1/11 definitions] |
ideal |
regarded as a model or standard of excellence or perfection. [1/6 definitions] |
idealism |
in the fine arts, treatment of form and content according to standards of perfection. (Cf. realism.) [1/2 definitions] |
ontological argument |
an a priori argument for the existence of God that asserts that existence is a perfection and that God is the most perfect being, and therefore that God must exist. |
perfect |
to bring to, or nearer to, perfection or completion. [1/7 definitions] |
perfectionism |
the tendency not to be satisfied with less than perfection. [2 definitions] |
perfectionist |
of, relating to, or marked by perfection or perfectionism. [1/3 definitions] |
round |
to arrive at completion or perfection. [1/24 definitions] |
round out |
to bring to completion or perfection. |
sully |
to ruin the purity or perfection of. [1/2 definitions] |
thorough |
reaching the point of perfection; absolute. [1/3 definitions] |
to a T |
completely and suitably; to perfection. |
utopian |
of or pertaining to a desirable but impractical perfection in political and social life, or characterizing one who imagines or proposes such a perfection. [1/3 definitions] |
utopianism |
a utopian's ideas of social and political perfection. |