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

prototype collapse: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

idealism collapse: impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

ideal collapse: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain; model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content"; conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

metaphysical collapse: highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"; without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"; pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy"

universal collapse: a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"; (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class; (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages; adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; "universal wrench", "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver"; applicable to or common to all members of a group or set; "the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"

probationary collapse: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

experimental collapse: relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"; of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"; relating to or based on experiment; "experimental physics"

pattern collapse: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"; form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

heuristic collapse: a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem; of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation

Realpolitik collapse: politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

model collapse: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale); representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale); a type of product; "his car was an old model"; a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"; a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"; a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"; someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"; form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"; construct a model of; "model an airplane"; create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"; plan or create according to a model or models; display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"; assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

existential collapse: relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence); of or as conceived by existentialism; "an existential moment of choice"

finer collapse: (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician"

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

greater collapse: greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles"

mental picture collapse: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"

mechanistic collapse: explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe"; of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism

doctrine collapse: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

hypothetical collapse: a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical"

empirical collapse: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"

rationalistic collapse: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism

matter of fact collapse: a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact

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