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impractical collapse: not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

pipe dream collapse: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

utopia collapse: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal; a work of fiction describing a utopia; a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island; ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

nonpareil collapse: a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar; colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

exemplar collapse: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"

mystic collapse: someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension; relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical religion"; relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition"; "mystical theories about the securities market"

quixotic collapse: not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"

unrealistic collapse: not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels"

paradigm collapse: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

romantic collapse: a soulful or amorous idealist; belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"

dream collapse: a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"; a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"; imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"; someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"; have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy; experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"

transcendental collapse: of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

quintessence collapse: the most typical example or representative of a type; the purest and most concentrated essence of something; the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

acme collapse: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

poetic collapse: characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"; characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"; of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"; of or relating to poets; "poetic insight"

uncontaminated collapse: free from admixture with noxious elements; clean; "unpolluted streams"; "a contaminated lake"; not corrupted by contact or association; "there is no culture uncontaminated by contact with the outside world"

mirror collapse: polished surface that forms images by reflecting light; a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"; reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"; reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above"

theoretical collapse: concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"; concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics"

storybook collapse: a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children)

hero collapse: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god; a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

mainspring collapse: the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

Arcadian collapse: an inhabitant of Arcadia; used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

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